Senior Sales Executive- Consumer Technology

UL Solutions; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 10% target

Health benefits (medical, dental, and視

401K retirement savings

Paid time off (vacation 15 days, 12+13

Job summary

UL Solutions’ TIC-Consumer Technology division is hiring for a Sr. Sales Executive to join our team, and support the IN, OH, MI, Southern IL markets.

This role leverages technical credibility to promote UL products and services and to build lasting customer relationships. Responsibilities include planning sales strategies, managing the full sales cycle, coordinating with technical resources, pursuing new logos, and transitioning closed deals to fulfillment teams.

Qualifications

• Engineering or related degree preferred.
• Experience selling TIC products/services.
• Ability to meet/surpass sales targets.
• Strong business acumen and sales process knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Plans sales strategy and maintains ongoing plan to prioritize portfolio of accounts and maintain relationships throughout the year.
• Interfaces with customers to promote and sell UL products and services.
• Uses technical credibility to build relationships with buyers and centers of influence.
• Under minimal guidance, drives sales process from beginning to end, leveraging support from Sales Support Specialists and Inside Sales Executives when necessary.
• Proactively manages customer to ensure renewal of services where applicable.
• Continuously explore and develop opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
• Establishes strong connects with new logo prospects from inbound and outbound channels to qualify their needs, understand decision-makers, and land new customers.
• Proactively engages in discovery, opportunity identification, proposals, and closing for sales of core UL products and services.
• Leverages technical support (engineers) when customer has a qualified need.
• Creates pipeline of new logo prospects to supplement existing account activities, owns new logo process through close of sale.
• Brings in additional resources when advantageous to support sales process, and delegates leadership of the sale to Technical Inside Sales Executives for highly technical or specialized products / services.
• Transitions implementation to success / fulfillment teams after sales have been closed to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Where applicable, supports development of GAM and SAM multi‑year account plans in TIC by providing insight on area of specialization (specific product/ service).
• Actions on opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
• Works with the remaining account managers on discovery and opportunity identification for assigned specialty products / services.
• Works under minimal guidance of account managers (GAMs, SAMs) to seamlessly work with customers throughout the sales cycle.
• Provides expert input to SAM and GAM during account planning process on potential growth opportunities within assigned solution area.

Skills

Bachelor's/Graduate degree

Sales targets achievement

Business acumen

TIC portfolio knowledge

6+ years sales experience

MS Office & CRM

Education

Engineering or related field

Tools

CRM software

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

UL Solutions’ TIC-Consumer Technology division is hiring for a Sr. Sales Executive to join our team, and support the IN, OH, MI, Southern IL markets. UL Solutions' experts use unrivaled real-time knowledge, real-world experience and independent objectivity to holistically assist companies in reaching their full potential — and making a safer and seamless connection with the Internet of Everything. The market for consumer electronics is notoriously competitive, and shifting regulatory and environmental requirements add a further layer of complexity. Manufacturers need to combine low margins with high innovations and demand rapid compliance and well-managed risk.

Job Description

UL Solutions’ TIC-Consumer Technology division is hiring for a Sr. Sales Executive to join our team, and support the IN, OH, MI, Southern IL markets. UL Solutions' experts use unrivaled real-time knowledge, real-world experience and independent objectivity to holistically assist companies in reaching their full potential — and making a safer and seamless connection with the Internet of Everything. The market for consumer electronics is notoriously competitive, and shifting regulatory and environmental requirements add a further layer of complexity. Manufacturers need to combine low margins with high innovations and demand rapid compliance and well-managed risk.

Responsibilities

• Plans sales strategy and maintains ongoing plan to prioritize portfolio of accounts and maintain relationships throughout the year.
• Interfaces with customers to promote and sell UL products and services.
• Uses technical credibility to build relationships with buyers and centers of influence.
• Under minimal guidance, drives sales process from beginning to end, leveraging support from Sales Support Specialists and Inside Sales Executives when necessary.
• Proactively manages customer to ensure renewal of services where applicable.
• Continuously explore and develop opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
• Establishes strong connects with new logo prospects from inbound and outbound channels to qualify their needs, understand decision‑makers, and land new customers.
• Proactively engages in discovery, opportunity identification, proposals, and closing for sales of core UL products and services.
• Leverages technical support (engineers) when customer has a qualified need.
• Creates pipeline of new logo prospects to supplement existing account activities, owns new logo process through close of sale.
• Brings in additional resources when advantageous to support sales process, and delegates leadership of the sale to Technical Inside Sales Executives for highly technical or specialized products / services.
• Transitions implementation to success / fulfillment teams after sales have been closed to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Where applicable, supports development of GAM and SAM multi‑year account plans in TIC by providing insight on area of specialization (specific product/ service).
• Actions on opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
• Works with the remaining account managers on discovery and opportunity identification for assigned specialty products / services.
• Works under minimal guidance of account managers (GAMs, SAMs) to seamlessly work with customers throughout the sales cycle.
• Provides expert input to SAM and GAM during account planning process on potential growth opportunities within assigned solution area.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and/or graduate degree in engineering or related field preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), and CRM software.
• Relevant technical capabilities related to assigned specialty product / service.
• 6+ years of related sales experience.
• Deep knowledge and experience with specialty product / services within assigned TIC portfolio.
• Proven ability to meet and exceed sales targets.
• Business acumen and deep understanding of business sales processes.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $85,900- $105,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job‑related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 10% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full‑time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday and personal days (totaling 12 days), and sick time off (72 hours).

About Us

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

About The Team

Imagine getting your hands on new technology before it hits the shelves. To dig deep and figure out exactly how it works. That’s what we do. We lift the lid and test the boundaries on a huge range of products, from health‑monitoring smart watches monitoring to electric vehicles loaded with the latest software. We’re always looking for people who are passionate about innovation, embrace change and love new and exciting challenges. Join our team, influence emerging technology and forge a successful career at the center of safety science.