Ecolab is seeking a District Sales Manager to join our industry leading sales team. You’ll be responsible for revenue and profit growth of programs and services in targeted accounts in the Nalco Water Downstream division. Using a consultative sales approach, you’ll build relationships with existing customers by executing system assurance programs that meet their key business needs. With strong account leadership, you’ll also convert strategic competitive accounts and sell new technologies to current customers.
What’s in it For You:
- The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, and healthy environments
- The ability to make an impact with a company that is passionate about your career development
- Enjoy a flexible, independent work environment
- Receive a non-decaled company vehicle for business and personal use
- Comprehensive benefits package starting day 1 of employment – medical, dental, vision, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement and more!
What You Will Do:
- Drive profit growth to meet defined district profit increase goals by developing and executing a district plan to maximize revenue
- Regularly interact across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure objectives are met
- Generate sales forecasts and accurately predict revenue on a monthly basis
- Participate in strategic & tactical planning for the district by leveraging, allocating, and maximizing ROI for all tools and resources
- Construct business plans incorporating essential market drivers and all obtainable analytics, while monitoring and adjusting plan according to shifts, emerging conditions, and threats to the business
- Demonstrate strong leadership by, championing corporate initiatives, and by planning and leading District Meetings
- Provide continuous coaching and development to a team of technical sales and technical service representatives to create and maintain value
- Ensure all new hires achieve training standards that lead to expertise in discussing products & services
- Take action quickly to address performance deficiencies. Maintain documentation and apprise appropriate others of the status of performance issues
- Support team and internal partners in identifying trends, understanding market conditions, and sharing expertise and knowledge
- Reinforce a clear vision for the team corresponding to strategic objectives
- Work closely with large, strategic, current and prospective customers to understand business needs
Position Details:
- Candidate must reside within Edmonton, AB or close surrounding area
- District will include Western Canada (Manitoba through to British Columbia)
- ~30% overnight travel required
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years leading and developing teams
- 5+ years of successful technical sales or outside sales experience utilizing a consultative sales approach
- Ability travel as required to support the district
- Ability to travel to the US for training/meetings
- Position requires a current and valid driver's license
- No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity
Physical Requirements:
- Drive a company vehicle as required to perform job duties (pre-employment and ongoing motor vehicle record checks will be performed to determine eligibility to drive a company vehicle)
- Ability to perform essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial), or Life Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc.); MBA preferred
- 10+ years of successful technical sales or outside sales experience to include calling on multi-level plant or facilities management, and developing executive-level relationships
- Extensive knowledge of boilers, cooling towers, and wastewater treatment systems highly preferred
- Refinery and process chemistry experience preferred
Annual Compensation Range
This position has base salary and is eligible for incentive compensation based on performance, per plan terms. Total expected compensation is in the range of $156,300 – $195,300.
Ecolab in good faith anticipates it will pay within the posted range. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining the compensation for a potential new employee such as education, training, experience, work location, travel (if required), etc.
Benefits
Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here https://jobs.ecolab.com/working-here/ to see our benefits.
About Nalco Water:
In a world with increasing water shortage and contamination challenges, Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, helps customers conserve more than 161 billion gallons of water each year. We work with customers across the world in the light industry (institutional, food & beverage, manufacturing, transportation, textile care, and global high tech) and heavy industry (chemical, downstream, paper, mining, power and primary metals industries) to reduce, reuse, and recycle their water while protecting their systems and equipment. Nalco Water provides the unique opportunity to work with a broad suite of technologies to deliver automated monitoring systems, data analysis and deep technical expertise to increase efficiency, sustainability and performance for our customers.
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