Job Title: Sales Manager
Remote Office Location: Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy preferred
Business Function / Department: Industrial Systems / Port Solutions
Sales Territory, if applicable: EMEA
General Role Description
Develop and implement commercial and technical strategies for current and potential clients in the port solutions industry segment on a rolling 18-month cycle to deliver the orders budget.
Role Accountabilities
- Identify, establish contact, and develop relationships with a network of purchase influencers within current and potential client organizations to position the Company to bid for their new opportunities.
- Identify technical client needs and engage internal resources to ensure integration of commercial offerings with client expectations.
- Develop and implement sales and business plans and strategies at strategic accounts.
- Create and lead the tactical plan for pursuing projects at approved accounts.
- Build industry and client awareness of the Company's products and services via presentations at conferences, trade shows, and at client meetings.
- Develop and communicate opportunity forecasts and sales plans to Business Unit and Company management.
- Provide guidance in the preparation, review, and final commercial proposal generation to clients.
- Prepare and deliver presentations at technical conferences and meetings with clients, at client sites, as assigned.
- Utilize successful order closing strategies to secure orders.
- Effectively position the Company's products and services as solutions to client needs.
- Assess and report opportunity risks, as appropriate.
- Provide pre-sales technical assistance to clients and partners, such as reviewing proposals and specifications, and conducting product presentations.
- Identify, resolve, and communicate resolutions on customer issues, escalating unresolved issues to immediate manager.
- Maintain records of opportunities, proposals, contracts, projects, and activities per corporate guidelines.
- Provide timely updates on sales activity, performance, market trends, project status, and client relationship issues.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements in sales management and provide recommendations.
- Solicit feedback from clients, monitor industry trends, and track competitors to identify and recommend new or enhanced products/services.
- Report product and service concerns for continuous improvement.
- Review sales literature for technical accuracy.
- Provide technical guidance in proposal preparation and review.
- Track competitors' offerings and assess client situations to propose competitive options.
- Lead contract negotiations as assigned.
- Travel to client locations, both locally and regionally, to support sales opportunities.
General Employee Accountabilities
- Bring full effort to tasks assigned by the manager.
- Notify early if work cannot be delivered as specified.
- Collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally.
- Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, Personal Commitment.
- Comply with all policies, practices, procedures, regulations, and laws.
- Proactively recommend improvements.
- Ensure effective use of business tools and processes.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent via education and/or work experience.
- 5 years' technical sales, customer service, or application engineering experience in a commercial environment.
- 2 years' experience in technical sales, client service, project support, or application engineering in a commercial environment.
- Demonstrated experience in B2B sales in port solutions.
- Experience supporting clients in the port industry.
- Experience with industry procurement processes.
- Experience reviewing client specifications and developing proposals.
- Proven success in achieving annual order targets.
- Strong presentation and negotiation skills.
- Successful relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal contacts.
- Leadership, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
- Continuous improvement in responsibilities.
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Availability to travel approximately 50%, domestically and internationally.
- Ability to climb and work on cranes at heights up to approximately 175 feet.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2 years' experience with drive, control, and automation systems in crane systems industry.
- Success in achieving order budgets of $8M-$12M.
- Experience closing contracts over $3M.
- Existing relationships with purchase influencers at TMEIC or similar clients.
- Proficiency with CRM tools.
- Fluency in languages spoken in the assigned geographic area.
Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered, individuals must complete an online application for each position. A resume may be attached but is not a substitute for the application. Applications are only considered for the specific position applied for.