Regional Sales Engineer

Colesco Inc; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Colesco Inc. is seeking a hunter minded Sales Engineer to aggressively grow our sales in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri. This hands-on, full cycle sales role focuses on new account acquisition, reactivation of dormant accounts, and expansion of existing customers through cross selling.

Role includes approximately 50% outside sales and 50% inside sales, with travel 2 to 3 days per week within the Midwest. Reports to the General Manager and is based in the Cincinnati, OH area.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industrial sales or business development experience.
• Experience in fluid control, industrial equipment, or process systems is preferred.
• CRM experience with maintaining records and forecasts.

Responsibilities

• New Business Development & Territory Growth: prospect and develop new accounts across the Midwest territory; conduct cold calling, site visits, and territory planning.
• Account Reactivation & Expansion: re-engage inactive accounts; cross-sell valves, instrumentation, pumps, and fluid control solutions.
• Sales Execution & Inside Sales: prepare technical information, manage quotations and pricing; own opportunities from quote to purchase order; coordinate lead times and orders; maintain CRM records and forecasts.

Skills

Hunter mindset

Prospecting discipline

Time management

Valid driver’s license

Tools

CRM

Job description

The Position

Colesco is seeking a hunter minded Sales engineer to aggressively grow our sales in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri. This is a hands on, full cycle sales role focused on new account acquisition, reactivation of dormant accounts, and expansion of existing customers through cross selling.

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Reports to: General Manager

The Position

Colesco is seeking a hunter minded Sales engineer to aggressively grow our sales in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri. This is a hands on, full cycle sales role focused on new account acquisition, reactivation of dormant accounts, and expansion of existing customers through cross selling.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

New Business Development & Territory Growth

• Prospect and develop new accounts across the Midwest territory
• Conduct cold calling, on site prospecting, and structured territory planning
• Identify competitive valve, instrumentation and pump replacement opportunities
• Call on end users, OEMs, contractors, system integrators and EPC firms.

Account Reactivation & Expansion

• Re engage inactive or underdeveloped accounts within the territory
• Cross sell valves, instrumentation, pumps, and fluid control solutions into existing customers
• Increase product penetration within multi site accounts
• Identify retrofit, upgrade, and aftermarket opportunities

Sales Execution & Inside Sales Responsibilities

• Prepare technical information and manage customer quotations and pricing
• Own opportunities from quote through purchase order
• Place orders directly with manufacturers and vendor partners
• Coordinate lead times, submittals, and order follow up
• Maintain CRM records, pipeline forecasts, and activity tracking

Role Structure

• Approximately 50% outside sales (field work, plant visits, prospecting)
• Approximately 50% inside sales execution (applications, quoting, order processing)
• Expected travel: 2 to 3 days per week within the Midwest

Qualifications Include

• 3+ years of industrial sales or business development experience
• Proven success hunting new business and reactivating accounts
• Experience in fluid control, industrial equipment, or process systems is preferred
• Strong prospecting discipline and time management
• Valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with valves strongly preferred
• Instrumentation, Pump or sanitary process equipment experience a plus
• Background in industrial markets
• CRM experience

Why would this role be exciting for me?

• Colesco is a profitable, thriving company that’s investing in growth. Career development is important for us.
• This is an opportunity to join a talented, hard working team that’s pushing itself to be the best it can be.
• We give back to the community through philanthropy and community service.
• True hunter role with autonomy and territory ownership
• Ability to sell complete solutions, not just part numbers
• Large Midwest installed base with real growth opportunity
• Performance driven culture with strong earnings upside

Company Profile

Founded in 1962, Colesco is a long established distributor of valves, flow control, instrumentation, and an expanding pump portfolio. We support solutions inside the plant and in gray area like utility rooms and infrastructure. We partner with leading manufacturers to deliver engineered solutions, supported by strong application knowledge and responsive service. We support some of the largest companies in North America, serving industries from pharma, food & beverage, and chemical to energy, automotive, aerospace, semiconductors, HVAC, hospitals, education, and data centers.
Richards Industrials/Colesco firmly supports the principle and philosophy of equal opportunity for all individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.