Job ES25025 Job Title Sales Manager Remote Office Location Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy preferred Business Function /Department Industrial Systems/Port Solutions Sales Territory, if applicable EMEA General Role Description Develop and implement commercial and technical strategies for current and potential clients in the port solutions industry segment on a rolling 18-month cycle to deliver orders budget. Role Accountabilities - Identify, establish contact, and develop relationships with a network of purchase influencers within current and potential client organizations to position the Company to bid for their new opportunities. - Identify technical client needs and engage internal resources to ensure integration of commercial offerings with client expectations - Develop and implement sales and business plans and strategies at strategic accounts - Create and lead the tactical plan for pursuing projects at approved accounts - Build industry and client awareness of the Company's products and services via presentations at conferences, trade shows and at client meetings - Develop and communicate opportunity forecasts and sales plans to Business Unit and Company management - Provide guidance in the preparation, review, and final commercial proposal generation to client - Prepare and deliver presentations at technical conferences and meetings with clients, at client sites, as assigned - Utilize successful order closing strategies to secure orders - Effectively position the Company's products and services as the solution to client needs - Assess and report opportunity risks, as appropriate to the opportunity - Provide pre-sales technical assistance to clients and partners, such as reviewing written proposals and specifications, and conducting product and service presentations - Identify, resolve, and communicate resolution on customer issues, escalating unresolved issues to immediate manager - Produce and maintain records of opportunities, proposals, contracts, projects, and business activities per corporate guidelines - Provide timely updates on sales activity, performance, integration of corporate business project processes, market trends, project status, and client relationship issues to business unit and Company management - Identify opportunities and provide recommendations to business unit for improvements in sales management processes - Identify and recommend new and/or enhanced products or service feature needs by soliciting feedback from clients, monitoring industry trends, and tracking the competitive environment to drive business growth - Feedback product and service concerns to appropriate management for continuous improvement - Review sales literature for technical accuracy - Provide technical guidance in the preparation, review, and final commercial proposal generation to clients - Track competitor's offerings, assess client situations, and propose competitive options applicable to the client's individual needs - Lead contract negotiations as assigned - Travel to client locations, both locally and regionally, in support of sales opportunities General Employee Accountabilities - Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager - Give manager best advice - Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified - Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager - Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment - Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws - Recommend viable improvements proactively - Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes Requirements Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree or equivalent via education and/or work experience - 5 years’ technical sales, technical customer service, or application engineering experience in a commercial environment - 2 years’ experience in technical sales, technical client service, project support, or application engineering experience in a commercial environment - Demonstrated experience in business-to-business sales in port solutions - Demonstrated experience supporting clients in the port industry - Demonstrated experience with industry procurement processes - Demonstrated experience with client specifications review, proposal development - Demonstrated success in achieving annual orders budget - Demonstrated presentation skills - Demonstrated negotiation skills - Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts - Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills - Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility - Proficiency in Word, Excel, and Outlook - Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, approximately 50%, with limited notice - Ability to climb and work on cranes at heights up to approximately 175 feet Preferred Qualifications - 2 years' experience with drive, control, and automation systems in the crane systems industry segment - Demonstrated success achieving annual orders budgets of $8M-$12M - Demonstrated success closing solutions contracts in excess of $3M - Successful existing relationships with purchase influencers at TMEIC client and potential client organizations - Proficiency with a CRM tool - Fluency in language(s) spoken in assigned geographic area Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. 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