Technical Sales Representative, Industrial Water Treatment

Ecolab Deutschland GmbH; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Technical Sales Representative, where you'll play a crucial role in driving revenue and profit growth in the Food & Beverage industrial water treatment sector. This position offers a competitive salary, a company vehicle, and opportunities for career advancement. You'll engage with clients, understand their needs, and provide innovative solutions while receiving top-notch training and support from a dedicated technical team. If you're passionate about making a difference in water conservation and want to be part of a culture that values safety and innovation, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Company Vehicle

Cell Phone

Competitive Base Salary

Bonus Structure

Innovative Training Programs

Dedicated Technical Service Support

Safety Training and Personal Protection

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical sales or field sales support experience.
• Bachelor's degree required; engineering or life sciences preferred.

Responsibilities

• Generate and execute sales plans to meet profit goals.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Provide technical support and problem-solving for customers.

Skills

Technical Sales

Customer Relationship Management

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Life Sciences

Tools

Water Treatment Systems

Boilers

Cooling Towers

Job description

As the industry leader in water technology, we’re growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the world’s most vital resource.

Ecolab is seeking a Technical Sales Representative to join its industry leading Nalco Water sales team. You’ll be responsible for revenue and profit growth of programs and services in targeted accounts supporting Food & Beverage industrial water treatment. With a consultative sales approach, you’ll build relationships with existing customers by understanding their key business drivers and executing system assurance programs. With strong account leadership, you’ll also convert strategic competitive accounts and sell new technologies to current customers.

What’s in it For You:

• You will join a growth company offering a competitive base salary, bonus structure and benefits
• Receive a company vehicle and cell phone
• Opportunity for a long term, advancing career path in service, sales or management
• Access to the industry’s most innovative training programs
• Support from a dedicated technical service team
• Culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection
• Feel proud each day to work for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments

What You Will Do:

• Generate and execute sales plans in existing customer base and in assigned competitively-held accounts, to meet profit increase goals. Target % sales time will be approximately 25%
• Work closely with current and prospective customers to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation plans that will maintain and grow sales
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in current and prospective customers, including plant or facility executives
• Provide technical support to customers; identifying and resolving customer challenges, escalating as required
• Engage in problem solving by performing system analysis, interpreting data and providing written recommendations to ensure customer operations are performing at optimal levels.
• Actively sell and support Nalco Water innovations and technology in assigned customers to promote long-term business relationships with Nalco Water

Territory/Location Information:

• This position is based in Saskatchewan
• Territory covers Saskatoon, Regina and Yorkton and surrounding areas
• Targeted accounts are within the Food & Beverage industries
• 25% overnight travel required

As a trusted partner, your customers will rely on you for their success. Nalco Water is committed to seeing you succeed and provides several exceptional technical training programs to ensure you’re prepared to solve any customer problem.

Training programs are held in the field and at Ecolab's Nalco Water Headquarters in Naperville, IL; travel arranged and paid for by Ecolab. Based on your skill level, topics covered may include technology, product, service, business and industry acumen, direct coaching and mentoring, management and leadership, classroom training and certifications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Three years of technical sales or field sales support experience
• Possess a valid Driver's License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• Able to travel to the US for training/meetings
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial) or life sciences (biology, chemistry, etc.)
• Water treatment or specialty chemical industry experience
• Working knowledge of boilers, cooling towers, and wastewater treatment systems

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, transportation and manufacturing), heavy industry (chemical, power and primary metals industries), paper and mining operations 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.

#li-ca

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, and disabled individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, geneticinformation, marital status, age, or disability.