Foundry Technical Sales Representative

Foundry Technical Sales Representative

Reporting into the Direct Sales Manager, the Foundry Technical Sales Representative will be based out of Remote and will be responsible for North American foundry sales functions, primarily working with distributors and small to medium sized accounts to grow market share. The Foundry Technical Sales Representative will be responsible for customer sales, forecasting and technical service activities at Vibrantz for accounts assigned by the sales manager. They will coordinate all customer interaction for assigned accounts with manufacturing, customer service, and laboratory support group, and guide technical and sales activities for the specified sales accounts.

Responsibilities

• Direct assigned sales accounts daily/weekly activities.
• Implement short-term and long-term account planning.
• Coordinate technical service and productivity improvement assistance for customer accounts to meet product performance expectations.
• Coordinate customer requests to the best use of internal Vibrantz resources.
• Coordinate new product requests of customers with technical and sales management.
• Implement marketing, profitability, cost saving and growth strategy for the sales accounts.
• Represent Vibrantz for customer accounts and be the direct point of communication.
• Reports: Timely submission of sales update, customer usage report, sales forecast, expense reports, service lab requests, customer complaints, etc.
• This is a remote position; candidates must have access to or live near a major airport.

Required Experience

• Bachelor of Science in chemistry, materials science or engineering or 2-3 years of equivalent work experience.
• 2-3 years related professional experience in an industrial environment
• Experience working in a foundry environment a plus
• Experience in technical sales and service, customer negotiation, product forecasting, sales plan implementation, analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with internal and external customers
• Travel could be required up to 50% of the time