Territory Manager

Total Filtration Services; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Total Filtration Services, Inc. is seeking a high-energy outside sales professional to drive growth in the Texas market.

You will build relationships with distributors and end customers, articulate value propositions, and manage entire sales cycles from inquiry to close. Responsibilities include meeting revenue targets, maintaining CRM records, delivering quotes, and coordinating with product teams to tailor filtration solutions.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication in English.
• Strong attention to detail with timely follow-up.
• Professional appearance and behavior.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Meet deadlines, be responsive and accessible.
• Commitment to providing exceptional customer service.
• High mechanical aptitude with the ability to grasp technical information.

Responsibilities

• Work within established safety guidelines and policies.
• Provide world-class customer service to internal and external customers.
• Establish rapport and develop solid relationships with key customer contacts and vendors.
• Meet and exceed sales and margin targets with forecasts and annual budgets.
• Prospect for and acquire new business at all volume levels.
• Maintain and grow sales to existing customers by understanding product needs.
• Manage territory coverage and CRM updates.
• Generate timely quotes and utilize company catalogs for presentations.
• Support marketing, sales, and training initiatives.

Skills

Hunter mentality

Closing skills

Relationship building

Communication skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM software

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Word

Job description

About Us

Total Filtration Services, Inc, is the largest full line distributor of filtration products and services in North America. We operate 13 stocking branch locations throughout the United States with our headquarters located in Troy, MI, and have a strong national network to manage any filtration needs. Our technical sales staff recommends filtration solutions based on each customer’s unique needs. We have a diverse background across numerous markets including Automotive, Aerospace, Food and Beverage, Data Centers, Chemical, Metals, Power Generation, General Industrial, Heavy Equipment and Oil/Gas Production. We support these markets by utilization of our preferred vendor strategy that leverages 90% of our spend with 80 of the world’s top manufacturers. Our in-plant value added services model continues to provide our customers with the highest levels of service focused on total cost of ownership and delivering year over year savings.

Company

Total Filtration Services

About Us

Total Filtration Services, Inc, is the largest full line distributor of filtration products and services in North America. We operate 13 stocking branch locations throughout the United States with our headquarters located in Troy, MI, and have a strong national network to manage any filtration needs. Our technical sales staff recommends filtration solutions based on each customer’s unique needs. We have a diverse background across numerous markets including Automotive, Aerospace, Food and Beverage, Data Centers, Chemical, Metals, Power Generation, General Industrial, Heavy Equipment and Oil/Gas Production. We support these markets by utilization of our preferred vendor strategy that leverages 90% of our spend with 80 of the world’s top manufacturers. Our in-plant value added services model continues to provide our customers with the highest levels of service focused on total cost of ownership and delivering year over year savings.

Visit our Website: www.totalfiltrationservices.com

Responsibilities

• Work within all established safety guidelines, ensuring that safety policies and procedures are adhered to at all times, and worked deemed unsafe is not performed.
• Ensure world class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers.
• Establish rapport and develop solid relationships with key customer contacts and vendors.
• Meet and exceed sales and margin targets, including monthly forecasts and annual budget.
• Prospect for and acquire new business at all volume levels by promoting the total filtration management concept, focusing on those accounts with annual volume greater than $5k.
• Maintain and grow sales to existing customer base by understanding each customer’s unique product needs and offering solutions across all disciplines of filtration
• Organize and prioritize responsibilities to ensure effective and efficient territory coverage.
• Evaluate filter applications for value optimization and solution presentation.
• Complete the required weekly sales call activity, including:
• A minimum of 15 face-to-face sales calls during the prime selling hours of 7am-3pm
• Additional cold calls around the face-to-face “anchor” calls
• Prospect phone calls.
• Regularly utilize CRM software to ensure customer contacts are maintained, customer related sales call activities are documented, value added services/cost savings are recorded and Opportunities are actively managed through the lifecycle of the sale.
• Develop solid technical skills by participating in all company and vendor sponsored product training, as well as utilizing other resources for self-study
• Generate timely and accurate quotes utilizing the company’s business system.
• Utilize the TFS catalog and the media library for presentations to key purchasing personnel.
• Support company initiatives in the areas of marketing, sales, and training
• Manage and ensure compliance regarding implementation of new accounts, including new Strategic Accounts launches by corporate.
• Maintain monthly expense and mileage reports.
• Utilize auto generated reports to understand, manage and develop business to ensure you are in compliance with pricing, margin, CRM and other expectations.
• Understand and utilize TFS business systems.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
None

General Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills utilizing the English language
• Good attention to detail with timely follow-up skills
• Professional appearance and behavior
• Solid organizational skills with the ability to prioritize effectively
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office with proficiency in Outlook, Word and Excel
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple assignments simultaneously
• Effective time management skills
• Meet appropriate deadlines, be responsive and accessible
• Accurate and results oriented.
• Commitment to providing exceptional customer service to both internal and external customers
• High mechanical aptitude with the ability to quickly grasp technical information.

Specific Demonstrated Capabilities

• Proven and progressive sales success
• Ability to negotiate effectively
• Ability to build solid professional relationships
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Interpersonal Skills

• “Hunter” mentality with solid closing skills
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency
• Solid presentation skills with the keen ability to read the audience and tailor presentation to meet its needs.
• Solid individual contributor who functions equally well as a member of a Team
• Ability to adapt to a variety of personalities, situations and requirements

Educational and Experience Requirements

• Minimum three years outside sales experience required
• Four- year college degree preferred.
• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Filtration, B2B or industrial sales experience preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license in good standing

Physical Demands:

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 stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; utilize ladders with a weight capacity of 250 lbs. or less while regularly accessing heights in excess of 25 feet, balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Office and field environment

Travel Requirements:

Varies, depending on size of sales territory May include overnight stays

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