Regional Technical Specialist

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in mechanical, civil engineering, environmental science, or Hydrology.
• Must have 3 (3) to 5 (5) years of experience in industrial sales.
• Five (5) or more years of project management experience.
• Very strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, customer service and negotiating skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Achieve annual sales targets within the region.
• Establishing new and maintaining the strong and professional customer/client relations; project management of major projects.
• Evaluate and recommend filtration applications to suit the customer’s needs.
• Create successful sales and marketing approaches to address needs of each branch within the region.
• Work with Inside Sales Support to generate sales reports, proposals, and quotations.
• Evenings, weekends (on-call) and frequent travel within the region is a component of this position.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; trade shows, professional publications and maintain personal networks.
• Make professional presentations, negotiate deals, and obtain signed contracts for filtration projects.
• Manage both short- and long-term projects.
• Working with RVP's, RSM's, Branch Managers and sales team through the sales process of any filtration project. This may include ride along with sales reps, job walks with customers and any other task associated with the filtration projects.
• Achieve assigned sales quota, revenue, and gross margin objectives.
• Increase market share within end-user customers in assigned territory.
• Acts in accordance with Rain for Rent’s Safety culture.
• Travel: This position requires significant overnight travel (up to 50%) by land and/or air.