Product Specialist

valmet; Lithia Springs (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet is seeking a self-driven professional to expand our doctoring market in the U.S. Midwest. You will establish strong relationships with mill maintenance and production teams, consult on solutions, and drive service sales across a defined territory.

The role requires frequent travel, performing mill services, audits, and inventories, while forecasting territory opportunities and closing orders. A technical degree supports success in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Paper Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related field.
• Strong relationship-building and consultative selling skills.
• Willingness to travel across the Midwest region.

Responsibilities

• Establish professional relationships with mill maintenance and production teams.
• Grow the market in doctoring and sell Valmet doctoring parts and solutions.
• Perform mill services and audits at assigned accounts.
• Quote opportunities and secure orders from customers.
• Develop territory sales forecast and track calls and competitors.

Skills

Relationship building

Consultative selling

Account management

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Paper Science

Job description

Are you a self-driven professional who enjoys equipment services?

Responsibilities

• Establishes professional relationships with appropriate customer personnel such as Mill maintenance and reliability, purchasing, and production.
• You will be responsible for growing our market in doctoring.
• This role will require frequent customer visits involving consulting, selling and servicing Valmet doctoring parts and solutions.
• You will help the customer identify their potential areas of improvement as it relates to these products in their production processes.
• In this role, you will also roll your sleeves up and perform in mill services including paper machine audits, parts inventories, and other evaluations at assigned accounts.
• The successful candidate will secure opportunities to quote on prospective agreements and obtain orders from existing and potential customers.
• You will help provide a territory sales forecast/budget for assigned accounts, record call reports, and understand the market and competition.

This position supports customers throughout the Midwest region of the United States and requires frequent travel within the territory.

Expectations

This opportunity could be right for you are a pro-active, curious minded individual, and have the right combination of education and experience in mechanical engineering and/or paper sciences disciplines. As you'll be working closely with our customers throughout the U.S. geographical area, you will spend a large portion of your time traveling. Bachelor's degree in Paper Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.

We Offer

We offer a challenging work environment that values innovation and suits development-minded people who enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic setting.

• Includes a generous wage and benefits package that includes a 401k with company match as well as company-funded pension.

Please note that any offer of employment is contingent upon a background check and pre-employment physical and drug screen.

Additional Information

Delivering competitive technologies and services is what we do best. At Valmet, we continue to push forward and develop ourselves, concentrating on technology, services, sustainability, local presence, and our people.

Where everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 20,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customer's performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork.

EEO Statement

Valmet is an equal opportunity employer. All employees and applicants for employment will not be discriminated on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

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