Export Sales Support Specialist

Sora Resource Group; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Relocation assistance if needed

Bonuses and work/life balance

Job summary

Sora Resource Group client seeks an Export Sales Support Specialist to educate and support distributors on North American products. You will report to the Director of Sales for North America and coordinate with the international network on launches and performance.

Responsibilities include training sales reps, supporting product development, and managing inventory while traveling up to 50% internationally. This role is based at the NA headquarters supporting staff and dealers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, agri-business, marketing, engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of sales/sales support experience, preferably in agricultural or related equipment.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% internationally to work with staff and dealers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison to distribution subsidiaries and importers outside North America for sales, trade shows, visits, and launches.
• Ensure designated sales reps are trained, informed, and supported for North American products.
• Influence international network to grow North American-made products.
• Manage machine inventory.
• Support development of products and programs to boost sales and customer satisfaction.
• Work from NA headquarters when not traveling, answering questions and preparing presentations.

Skills

Sales support

Travel willingness

Distributor liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, agri-business, marketing, engineering or related field

Job description

Our client is a 198-year-old multi-national manufacturer of agricultural equipment, and they are looking for an Export Sales Support Specialist who will focus their activities educating and supporting company staff and distributors on the company’s products made in North America. You will report to the Director of Sales for North America.

Company – A major player in the agricultural equipment industry

• A growing $1.3 Billion multinational organization with over 5,000 employees.
• This location has several hundred team members
• Production orders booked out for a year.
• Dynamic CEO who was promoted from within to lead the organization to new heights.
• Outstanding culture focused on safety and the growth of the individual.

Community

• Education
  Access to high-quality public and private K-12 schools and tech-focused post-secondary institutions.
• Safety
  Safe, family-friendly community with consistently low crime rates and strong public services.
• Recreation
  Enjoy outdoor trails, lakes, youth sports, and weekend festivals in a close-knit, active community.
• Cost of Living
  Significantly below national averages—more house, savings, and quality of life for your dollar.

Benefits and Features – They truly VALUE and APPRECIATE their employees!

• EXCELLENT Benefits and Compensation Plan –3% Employer match on 401K, Health, Vision, Dental, tuition reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance and more
• Reliable bonus program!
• Work/Life Balance – when you take a vacation, you get to take a REAL vacation and not a working vacation where you are tethered to your laptop and email. Your team has your back!
• Culture of continuous improvement where team members have a voice and good ideas are appreciated by all levels of the organization.
• It is a business casual workplace.
• Relocation assistance if needed

What you will be doing:

• Serve as a primary liaison to the company’s distribution subsidiaries and importers outside of North America; coordinating all interactions regarding product sales performance, trade shows, visits, demonstrations, and product launches for their U.S products and services.
• Assure that designated sales representatives are trained, informed and supported, in order to effectively represent the company’s North American products and services
• Work to influence the company’s international network to grow their products made in North America
• Manage machine inventory
• Assist in development of products and programs aimed at achieving increased sales and customer satisfaction
• When not traveling you will work from their N.A. headquarters answering questions, preparing presentations, learning about new product development and supporting staff outside North America

What they are looking for:

• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time internationally to work with company staff and dealers
• Bachelor’s degree in business, agri-business, marketing, engineering or a related field
• 5+ year of prior sales / sales support experience with some being either in agricultural or heavy mobile equipment