Provide support to field sales, customers, and internal departments in product and application knowledge, pump sizing and selection, proposal generation, and order processing/management
Review customer specifications, perform pump sizing and selection, and prepare proposals
Provide technical support to customers and troubleshoot issues over the phone
Interact with customer service and operations to support sales orders
Develop business strategies to raise customer pool, expand store traffic, and optimize profitability
Meet sales goals by training, motivating, mentoring, and providing feedback to sales staff
Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction through excellent service
Quote prices and process customer orders
Complete store administration and ensure compliance with policies and procedures
Manage shop service department for customer repairs, fabrication, and pump unit builds
Report on buying trends, customer needs, and profits
Propose innovative ideas to increase market share
Conduct personnel performance appraisals to assess training needs and build career paths
Handle staff and customer issues, complaints, and grievances
Serve as an example of professional behavior and high performance
Requirements
Proven successful experience as a store manager
Experience in Industrial Sales/Rotating Equipment
Powerful leading skills and business orientation
Outstanding customer service and management skills
Must be SALES driven
Strong organizational skills
Good communication and interpersonal skills
BS degree in Business Administration or Industrial Distribution
Ability to read and interpret documents such as specifications, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or co-workers
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
Ability to utilize pump sizing software
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
A working knowledge of positive displacement and centrifugal pumps
Ability to troubleshoot technical issues over the phone
Ability to effectively utilize word processing software and spreadsheets and to navigate and use other custom applications software in an MS Windows environment