Territory Manager

Position Summary

Responsible for maintaining / increasing sales volume and margin with existing and new accounts within the industrial and distribution channels. Accountable for executing assigned sales goals and sales plans within a designated sales territory. Responsible for securing and maintaining distribution of products and maintaining effective agreements. Actively support the Corporation's Win Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains strong client relationships with OEM customers and may or may not have distributor accounts while meeting position objectives.
• Ensures Parker products are specified to maintain and increase revenue by prioritizing the opportunities on an account-by-account basis to obtain optimum sales and margin results.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive technical knowledge of group/divisional products, applications, features, advantages and benefits.
• Keeps current with internal and external training and development.
• Obtains specifications and approvals at engineering firms, major accounts and/or distributors assigned to develop increased sales opportunities and margins.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive knowledge of competitive products and their activity in the marketplace and provide reports on a regular and/or monthly basis.
• Keeps management aware of changes that would affect the distribution of Parker products.
• Participates in the development and implementation of appropriate response strategies.
• Assists the divisions in planning strategy to provide the products and service required for their assigned accounts.
• Actively supports cross division and other group products with proper referral.
• Provides product training at the distributor and customer levels.
• Motivates and provides sales direction to the distributors.
• Assists in the conversion of competitive accounts to Parker.

Qualifications

• College degree (technical discipline may be required for some groups) with a minimum of 3 years experience in direct sales and/or distributor sales of industrial technical products.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both oral and written.
• PC skills a must.
• Must be able to travel overnight 50% to 70% of time; or as required.
• Proper product and system certification preferred.
• Must have proven track record of exceeds plus experience.

Pay

• Pay Range: $118,473 to $148,155 annually
• Participation in Annual Incentive Program

Benefits

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement.
• Other benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.
• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.
• Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays.