Business Development Sales Rep
About the role
The Business Development Sales Representative will be responsible for generating and pursuing leads, building, and maintaining strong customer relationships, and promoting ETW into assigned markets.
Responsibilities
- Learn our systems, market positions, and technical best fit capabilities to maximize effectiveness of efforts for our stakeholders
- Serve as a technical sales partner to customers by understanding their needs and matching them with our capabilities and solutions
- Cook up and maintain strong customer relationships
- Coordinate with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to ensure successful project execution for customers
- Manage customer engagements, conflicts, and expectations for positive outcomes
- Support and collaborate with the current Sales leadership members, while developing commercial leadership capabilities
- Develop new business opportunities with OEMs, prime contractors, and Tier-1 suppliers
- Engage with customer engineering teams early in the product design process to identify manufacturability best fit, and optimization
- Review prepared technical proposals, quotations, and program strategies in collaboration with internal teams
- Professional presentation and representation of ELLWOOD at all trade shows, industry conferences, and customer meetings
- Travel approximately 25–35% to support customer engagement and industry events
Requirements
High School Diploma/GED, Bachelors’ degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Business related fields, (or) equivalent industry experience; 5 years’ industrial, manufacturing, sales/marketing experience a plus
Experience in Aerospace, Defense, Industrial areas, with metals experience
Strong technical / mechanical aptitude
Leadership desire and growth potential
Motivation to grow in a dynamic field with a great organization
Ability to travel regionally, with potential for international travel as needed
Valid Drivers License
Qualifications
None specified
Skills
Technical aptitude
Leadership skills
Customer relationship management
Technical proposal review
Trade show and conference engagement
Benefits
None specified
Pay
Not specified
Schedule
Not specified