Outside Sales
About the role
Founded in 1959 and headquartered in Chino, California, Harrington has grown to be a leading distributor of fluid process products and solutions for industrial applications. With over 70 locations across the United States, we proudly serve a wide range of industries, including water and wastewater management, chemicals, manufacturing, semiconductors, life sciences, and food and beverage processing. At Harrington, we believe that what sets us apart is our people. We’re passionate about serving our customers with deep technical knowledge, fast product availability, and innovative supply chain solutions. Our commitment to excellence ensures that we’re always ready to respond when our customers need us - 24/7/365. Harrington is an organization that values people, innovation, and exceptional service. If you’re looking for a career where your work truly makes a difference and you can grow alongside a supportive and dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for an Outside Sales professional who will own a portfolio of strategic and growth accounts, create demand, and expand wallet share through a rigorous, KPI-driven sales cadence. If you love building relationships, uncovering needs, and turning technical problems into practical solutions, this role is for you.
Responsibilities
- Own Strategic Account Plans: Create, maintain, and grow account plans for an assigned portfolio; continually gather customer requirements, applications, and buying criteria.
- Sell the full Harrington solution: Establish relationships with key decision makers and influencers; make product and application recommendations; provide technical information and demos; prepare quotes and proposals; take and process orders.
- Demand creation (within existing customers): Proactively probe for additional opportunities to ensure full account penetration (SKUs, categories, sites, and business units).
- Leverage company-approved sales and marketing plays.
- Demand creation (new logos): Expand the customer base by researching targets, working business directories, cold-calling, following up on vendor/trade-show leads, and asking for the opportunity to earn the business.
- Pipeline & CRM discipline: Build and manage a healthy opportunity pipeline; maintain accurate