Sales Engineer - End User - Louisiana Territory

Ruhrpumpen Group; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ruhrpumpen Group is seeking a sales and customer support leader to oversee North American End-user Sales within a defined territory, including repairs and retrofits across pump lines. The role emphasizes growth, account management, and strategic customer engagement.

Ideal candidates will reside in Louisiana near Baton Rouge and be willing to travel to client sites regularly, maintaining strong relationships with buying influences and cross-functional teams to drive market share and profitability.

Qualifications

• Must be able to travel as part of the role.
• Experience in B2B sales and customer relationship management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Grow business in all market segments by calling on assigned customers regularly.
• Maintain active communication and relationships with in-house personnel.
• Develop and maintain relationships with buying influences and new customers to grow territory interactions.
• Identify and develop new customers and sales potentials.
• Forecast territory performance and participate in budget and cost control.
• Represent Ruhrpumpen products, including Non-OEM lines, per sales strategy.
• Collaborate with customers to define project requirements and proposals.
• Negotiate orders covering technical, commercial, and legal aspects.
• Provide opportunities to OE Inside Sales Group for quotes and specs.
• Travel to customer locations for regular face-to-face contact.
• Entertain customers during and outside normal hours as needed.
• Prepare monthly activity reports and forecasts to support management strategy.

Skills

Open to travel

Job description

Working at Ruhrpumpen means being part of a team that values innovation, dynamism, and creativity. Join our team, experience making a difference and build your career!

Job Summary

Provides sales & customer support coverage, management and strategic focus for the North American End-user Sales of Ruhrpumpen in a defined territory and/or account lists. End-user Sales is responsible for increasing sales, market share and profits for all Ruhrpumpen product lines, as well as Non-OEM products, as defined in sales strategies; with a focus on repairs & retrofits of all brands of pumping equipment (OEM or Non-OEM), mechanical optimization, parts, and new pumps sales, across all market segments.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Grow business in all market segments by calling on assigned customers on a regular basis.
• Maintain active communication and relationships with respective in-house personnel
• Develop and maintain active relationships with buying influences and develop new relationships to maintain and grow customer / territory interactions
• Identify and develop new customers and new sales potentials
• Responsible for territory/customer forecast, budgets, and cost control via company approved systems, methods, and policies.
• Represent all Ruhrpumpen products including Non OEM products as defined in sales strategies
• Partner with customers to understand project specifications and scope requirements to insure proposals are generated to meet requirements
• Recommend changes to Key Account sales strategies / tactics as they are periodically evaluated for effectiveness.
• Negotiate orders, including all technical, commercial, and legal details to mutual satisfaction of all parties
• Provide new pump opportunities to OE Inside Sales Group for quoting and specifications.
• Travel to customer locations to ensure close and regular face to face contact.
• Entertain customers during and outside normal business hours on regular bases.
• Complete monthly activity reports and forecasts including industry / market / account competitive analysis to support management strategy

Qualifications and Skills

• Open to travel
• Candidate must live in Lousiana, preffered close to Baton Rouge

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