Technical Sales Manager- Equipment Water Services (Central US)

Job DescriptionYou will develop, lead, and manage regional sales opportunities for short-term and long-term service agreements that supply water treatment equipment and services including technologies such as softening, ion exchange (IX), electrodeionization (EDI), reverse osmosis (RO), filtration, ultrafiltration (UF), membrane bioreactor (MBR), clarification, etc. You will develop and manage strategic customer relationships at the local and regional level over multi-year sales cycles for all types of industry including power, chemicals, polymers, steel, paper, refining, food, beverage, and manufacturing. You will manage the commercial relationship of existing customer applications while driving and maintaining year over year sales growth through new customer applications.The ideal candidate will be self-driven individual with strong affinity to work with multi-disciplinary teams to develop creative and customer-focused water treatment solutions. In addition, the ideal candidate will have strong experience with water and wastewater treatment or the capability to develop a technical expertise in this field.In this role, you will be a member of the best commercial organization in the water business: using curiosity and creativity to grow a quality pipeline, clearly defining needs/wants through a customer lens, developing/managing commercial plans with a focus on growth, and negotiating contracts that benefit our customers and our business. You will benefit from strong emotional intelligence with abilities to support and provide guidance to a multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrated success in all aspects of the role will result in future opportunities in commercial and business roles with possibilities of increased complexity and management responsibilities.Since the majority of your responsibilities and travel will be with customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan, preference will be given to candidates residing inside this sales territory.Duties & ResponsibilitiesDevelop new customer accounts, relationships, and opportunitiesManage existing customer accounts, relationships, and opportunitiesManage the entire sales process including prospecting, qualifying, discovery, solution generation, validation, proposal, negotiation, and close of opportunitiesAccurately define opportunities including customer needs, challenges, key performance indicators (KPIs), scope of supply, deliverables, timing, and fundingCoordinate / generate the development of proposals and quotationsLead negotiations with support from regional services team and support functionsFoster a strong partnership with other Veolia commercial teams to maximize synergy with their accounts and growth initiativesDevelop and maintain an advanced knowledge of all water treatment equipment and service offeringsCoordinate, manage, and support new business transitions to regional services team to ensure proper contract executionCreate and manage a strategic growth plan that details sales strategies for market growthForecast and actively track sales and report historic success of these sales versus plan