District Sales Manager

Role Overview

The District Sales Manager role is responsible for building market position by identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing new business along with defending and maintaining current business relationships.

What You Will Do

Maintain and defend current business sales, margin and volume, generate an effective sales pipeline from lead/prospect generation through opportunity close, and provide leadership and manage field trials of new and experimental products or projects.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The incumbent should have significant knowledge and experience in sales, marketing, customer service, and strong business acumen, with the ability to work in a team environment and understand different roles depending on the function of the team.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, marketing, business or related technical field or a minimum of five years’ experience in refractory sales or industrial manufacturing (preferably steelmaking).
• Prior experience supervising a work group.
• Significant knowledge and experience in sales, marketing, customer service, and strong business acumen.
• Demonstration of good leadership, account management, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment and understand different roles depending on the function of the team.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, English speaking, closing skills, motivation for sales, prospecting skills, sales planning, selling to customer needs, market knowledge, presentation skills, energy level, ‘can do’ attitude, meeting sales goals, professionalism.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan