Technical Sales Manager Welding & Gases Job at Wilhelmsen group in Houston

Join our global team for a career filled with opportunities to solve challenges both small and large, local and global, simple and complex.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service is looking for the most suitable candidate to join the team as a Technical Sales Manager, Welding and Gases in our Pasadena, TX office. Other locations include Miami, Florida.

This position reports to the Head of Technical Sales Management Welding & Gases. The position requires close cooperation with Head of Sales Managers, Key Account Managers, Customer Services, Products & Planning Team as well as the Open Innovation Team.

We are an international and particularly dynamic team, with a wide range and valuable mix of expertise and experience, all focusing on our client overall satisfaction and quality of service being delivered.

Why Should You Apply?

Fun and diverse workplace
Competitive pay and benefits package
Generous paid time off
Great opportunities for advancement
Opportunity to work in a global capacity.

In our company, you will have the opportunity to deal with different cultures, be part of a dynamic environment with a continuously learning culture, and be a member of an organization that is shaping the maritime industry.

Main Responsibilities

• Leverage one’s technical competence to drive meaningful sales activities, sell and close customer deals in alignment with KAMs and HoSs (KAMs hold account responsibility).
• Support KAMs in the budgeting process and proactively work to increase sales conversion rate and the quality of the sales pipeline – including customer-facing sales activity in collaboration with KAMs.
• Drive sales activities for product campaigns and promotions, including assistance in setting sales targets, qualifying and providing sales forecasts for optimal stock availability, training Sales and Customer Services, and most importantly – driving customer-facing activity.
• Active pipeline management for the relevant SPGs.
• Support AMs in building a robust opportunity pipeline through identifying and driving opportunity progression and achieving specified sales targets through conversion of quality opportunities on existing accounts and new business.
• Ensure focus on the right customers and opportunities and define priorities for KAM/TSM customer-facing activity based on likelihood of conversion.
• Secure strong focus and follow-up on NBI and DD opportunities in the pipeline.
• Participate and enable AMs to achieve weekly customer F2F activity targets as defined by Head of Sales.
• Support customers directly, KAMs, and Customer Services on a day-to-day basis with the specific area or SPG competence – this includes training and long-term competency development.
• Closely collaborate with Products/Planning and Marketing in developing sales material, in addition to tailoring challenger methodology presentations for customers together with KAMs.
• Proactively seek out the latest technical and market intelligence of the products/services and provide feedback to the Products and Planning Team.
• Present and promote WSS products and services at conferences/customer events and exhibitions to position WSS as a market leader technically and commercially.
• Set the standard for the sales team by holding the highest level of technical and practical understanding of assigned SPGs and by exhibiting a ‘can do’ forward-leaning approach to growth activities, customer contact, and deal closing.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of technical experience from the maritime industry, preferably worked on-board a vessel.
• 2 years of sales experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and systematically.
• Fluent in English - both writing and speaking.
• Able to meet deadlines through good time management and allocation of priorities.
• Self-driven, outgoing, and full of initiative.
• Proven team player and receptive to new ideas.

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