Sales Manager, Americas

Kymera International; Durham, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kymera International is seeking a Sales Manager for the Americas to drive profitable growth in water technologies. This remote role emphasizes developing new markets, managing a robust pipeline, and leading opportunities from qualification through negotiation with customers, OEMs, and engineering partners.

You will collaborate with technical teams to deliver value-based water-treatment solutions and expand across Mining, Food & Beverage, High-Tech Manufacturing, Power generation, and industrial

Qualifications

• Proven commercial success in industrial water treatment or related water tech.
• Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science or related field preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop new business and manage complex technical sales across diverse markets.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitable sales growth across the Americas by building and converting a strong pipeline of opportunities.
• Develop new business across Mining & Minerals, Food & Beverage, High-Tech Manufacturing, Power Gen and Industrial Water Treatment.
• Build relationships with end users, OEMs, engineering firms, and channel partners for strategic accounts.
• Understand customer water-treatment challenges and collaborate with technical teams to develop differentiated solutions.
• Lead opportunities from qualification to contract award through pricing and negotiation.
• Identify market and regulatory developments and translate into growth opportunities.

Skills

Pipeline management

Technical selling

CRM usage

Forecasting

Negotiation

English fluency

Cross-cultural communication

Education

Engineering/Science degree

Tools

Salesforce

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Sales Manager Americas

Sales Manager - Water Technologies, Americas

Remote / Home Office | 50-70% Travel

Shape the Future of Water Technologies in the Americas

Join Kymera International and help grow a differentiated water-treatment technology platform across one of the world's most dynamic industrial markets.

Our Water Technologies business is focused on helping customers address water-quality challenges through chemical-free treatment solutions that can support reduced chemical use, more efficient water management and customers' broader sustainability objectives.

As Sales Manager - Water Technologies, Americas, you will have the opportunity to do more than manage an established territory. You will help develop new markets, applications and customer partnerships, working alongside our technical teams to bring solutions to industrial water challenges across the region.

The Role

• Drive profitable sales growth across the Americas by building and converting a strong pipeline of industrial water-treatment opportunities.
• Develop new business across Mining & Minerals, Food & Beverage, High-Tech Manufacturing, Power Generation and Industrial Water Treatment.
• Build relationships with end users, OEMs, engineering companies and channel partners, developing strategic accounts and long-term partnerships.
• Understand customer water-treatment challenges and work with Kymera's technical teams to develop differentiated, value-based solutions.
• Lead opportunities from qualification through technical evaluation, proposal, pricing, negotiation and contract award.
• Identify market, customer, competitor and regulatory developments and translate these into actionable growth opportunities.

Why Kymera?

This is an opportunity to play a key role in building Kymera's Water Technologies business across the Americas- developing new markets, applications and long-term customer partnerships.

If you know industrial water treatment, enjoy technical selling and are motivated by building new business, we'd like to hear from you.

Learn more: https://kymerainternational.com/our-company/our-story/

What We're Looking For

• Proven commercial success in industrial water treatment, treatment media, water-treatment equipment or related water technologies, with a strong technical understanding of industrial water-treatment applications.
• A relevant technical degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science or a related discipline is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop new business, manage complex technical sales and operate independently across diverse markets.

Skills and Competencies

• Business Development & Sales Execution: Strong capability in opportunity identification, pipeline management, and deal conversion within technical B2B environments.
• Technical Acumen: Ability to understand and communicate industrial water treatment applications and customer operational challenges.
• Customer Relationship Management: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and credibility across diverse cultures.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to effectively coordinate with technical, commercial, and operational teams to deliver customer solutions.
• Results Orientation: Highly motivated with the ability to manage priorities and consistently deliver against targets.
• Communication & Negotiation: Effective presentation, influencing, and negotiation skills across technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Commercial Discipline: Strong organizational skills with a disciplined approach to CRM, forecasting, and reporting.
• Regional Awareness: Understanding of Americas markets and business practices; fluency in English required, additional languages advantageous.
• Digital Proficiency: Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred), Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration tools.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific duties that require the physical demands above are sales presentations, examination of customer raw materials, products and processes

Work Environment

• Location: Remote / Home Office (Americas Region)
• Travel: 50-75% travel within Americas required