Role: Senior Technical Sales Representative
Location Preferred: Houston TX
Travel: Approximately 30%
Overview
Our client is expanding their footprint across North America and South America. They are a global manufacturer of engineered industrial cooling solutions with a strong presence in power generation petrochemical oil and gas HVAC data centers and other heavy industrial sectors.
This role requires a candidate with solid mechanical aptitude who can manage existing customer relationships while developing new business within a long and consultative sales cycle. The work is heavily relationship focused and requires confidence engaging with engineers project managers and senior decision makers at industrial facilities and EPC firms.
Key Responsibilities for This Role
Use this list when evaluating candidates:
Manage and grow relationships with OEM customers EPC firms and industrial end users
Conduct technical sales conversations focused on fan performance system requirements and application needs while relying on engineering teams for deeper analysis
Handle a mix of approximately sixty percent account management and forty percent new business development
Navigate long sales cycles that involve specifications approvals and coordination with multiple stakeholders
Conduct onsite client visits attend trade shows and participate in annual meetings with European leadership which includes a one week onboarding trip to Italy
Understand the client’s product portfolio and position it effectively against alternatives in the market
Target Background
Candidates will not need direct axial fan experience. We are looking for people with similar engineered product backgrounds:
Cooling towers heat exchangers dry cooling solutions
Rotating equipment compressors pumps filtration systems or other engineered industrial equipment
Experience selling into power generation petrochemical refining or similar heavy industrial markets
Experience selling into large EPC firms including Jacobs Worley McDermott Fluor or Kiewit
Experience with data centers is a plus due to rapid growth in this segment
Required Qualifications
Use these as screening benchmarks:
At least five years of technical industrial sales experience with engineered products
Ability to understand mechanical concepts and translate them into customer conversations
Strong relationship building skills and comfort with long multi step sales cycles
Ability to travel approximately thirty percent
Clear communication confidence on the phone and professionalism with high level customers
Compensation Guidance
Base salary up to $150,000 depending on experience
Performance based bonus in the range of 15% to 25%
Full benefits package provided by the client