District Manager

Ecolab; Connecticut; On-site; USD 135,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Cell phone

Career development

Job summary

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, is seeking a District Manager to lead sales across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Western Massachusetts. You will drive revenue, build strategic relationships, and deliver innovative solutions while supporting a technical service team.

The role requires strong leadership, a consultative sales approach, and willingness to travel up to 50% to meet customer needs and advance business goals. Join a company focused on water, safety, and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 8 years of technical or field sales experience.
• Valid Driver's License and acceptable MVR.
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

Responsibilities

• Generate and execute sales plans and strategies to close opportunities in existing and major accounts to meet profit goals.
• Lead and train District Reps and participate in District Meetings.
• Understand business needs of customers and recommend improvements to grow sales.
• Build relationships with plant/facility executives and key stakeholders.
• Provide technical support and resolve customer challenges.
• Analyze systems, interpret data, and provide written recommendations for optimal operations.
• Promote Nalco Water innovations and technology with assigned customers.
• Plan and execute customer and prospect seminars to showcase market leadership.

Skills

Technical sales

Field sales support

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering degree (chemical/mechanical/industrial)

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.

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, seeks a District Manager to join its industry leading sales team. You’ll be responsible for revenue and profit growth of programs and services in targeted accounts. 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:

• You will join a growth company offering a competitive base salary, bonus structure and benefits
• A company vehicle and cell phone
• 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
• A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection
• Pride in working for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments

What You Will Do:

• Generate and execute sales plans and strategies to close new opportunities in existing customer base, and in major, competitively-held accounts, to meet defined territory profit increase goals.
• Demonstrate strong team leadership by coaching and training other District Reps, championing corporate initiatives, and planning and leading portions of District Meetings
• Work closely with large, strategic current and prospective customers to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation plans that will maintain and grow sales within assigned territory
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders within 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 with assigned customers to promote long-term business relationships with Nalco Water
• Plan and execute successful customer and prospect Seminars, demonstrating Nalco’s market leadership within the local geography
• Advise business unit leadership on products and strategies to expand market share
• Partner with Corporate Account Managers to close strategic, multi-location corporate accounts
• Demonstrate the ability to stabilize jeopardy business in large, strategic accounts

Territory/Location Information:

• This position is based in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts.
• 50% 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 innovative training programs to ensure you’re prepared to solve any customer problem.

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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 8 years of technical sales or field sales support experience
• Possess a valid Driver's License and an acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• 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
• Extensive knowledge of OR operations>operations, wet end chemistry, pulp mill operations>

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.

Annual or Hourly Compensation Range

The total Compensation range for this position is $135,400-$203,000 which includes base pay and target incentive based on performance, per plan terms. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining compensation, such as experience, education, training, geography, etc. We comply with all minimum wage and overtime laws.

Potential Customer Requirements Notice

To meet customer requirements and comply with local or state regulations, applicants for certain customer-facing roles may need to:

• Undergo additional background screens and/or drug/alcohol testing for customer credentialing.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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