Regional Sales Manager

The KES Equipment Technology & Services (ET&S) group is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to join our team to promote our products and solutions for the John Zink combustion brands.

This role will primarily cover the TX Gulf Coast market with ideal location of candidates being Houston, TX.

Your customers will include end users primarily from the refining & petrochemical markets, EPC companies and technology licensors.

Our Regional Sales Managers work closely with our customers' leadership, operations, engineering and project management personnel to develop equipment and service offerings that deliver differentiated value to make their operations more reliable, efficient and profitable.

The role involves close teamwork internally with our engineering, procurement, project management and manufacturing teams to ensure that the John Zink solution is on time and offers the most value to the customer.

The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be a self-starter with high energy, and have a value contribution mindset.

What You Will Do


* Own the development of targeted growth strategies within your territory to drive profitable growth for John Zink product lines and services while delivering differentiated value to our customers versus their market alternatives.


* Build long term mutually beneficial relationships with key influencers and decision makers by participating in frequent customer engagements.

Conduct customer segmentation within your territory to allow optimal resource use maximizing value contribution.


* Own the sales process and develop a thorough understanding of customer's needs, pain points, opportunities, and priorities regarding their combustion and emission control equipment needs.


* Collaborate with a diverse team to develop technical and commercial proposals that clearly articulate the value the John Zink solution provides.


* Follow up with customers on proposals sent and drive customer "buy" decisions by preparing and delivering influential presentations and messaging with key decision makers within our customer's organization to close the deal.


* Work with the execution team to ensure that the customer's expectations are managed upfront to allow for them to be met successfully through execution and delivery of the project.


* Exhibit entrepreneurial, customer focused creative problem-solving skills with a sense of urgency to bring value-based outcomes to customers.


* Understand and apply Principle Based Management principles to drive mutually beneficial projects with our customers.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Possess a bachelor's degree


* Background in technical sales focused on the refining &/or the petrochemical industry, preferably sales driven at the plant locations


* Proven experience developing strategic growth plans which have achieved profitable year over year growth


* Demonstrated experience working cross fun...