Field Sales Manager - East at MSA, The Safety Company in Cranberry Twp, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

MSA, The Safety Company


Field Sales Manager - East

US-PA-Cranberry Twp

Requisition ID: 2024-8551
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Sales

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

Description of duties and responsibilities:

• Increase sales of MSA, GM and SMC Branded FGFD (fixed gas and flame detection) products at oil and gas customers, engineering, integrators, and OEM’s.
• Identify and target key customers and integrator accounts in the OH, MI, KY, W. PA and WV Market.
• Derive creative, cost-effective product solutions for our customers.
• Provide customers with both technical and application information through product demonstrations and seminars.
• Become familiar with and remain proficient on all product lines within the FGFD product group, and eventually serve as product expert or resource.
• Become familiar with and remain proficient on the features and benefits of MSA and GM products as well as those of competitors to leverage competitive differences to gain sales advantage.
• Spend 75% of time working with Fixed Gas and Flame Detection manufacturers’ representatives and sales team members in the region.
• Spend 25% of time on business development with end users/decision makers at targeted customers.
• Coordinate and prioritize work for effective time and territory management.
• Interface extensively with operations, customer service, sales, marketing and field service organizations, and with external customers.
• Provide a high level of customer satisfaction and build customer loyalty within territory for repeat business and revenue growth.
• Up to 50% overnight travel within the assigned sales territory required.

Qualifications

Special knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Demonstrated selling and technical skills, including ability to leverage channels to gain access to customers and markets.
• Proven ability to prospect and win new customers.
• Proven ability to organize and present product and demonstrations to large groups.
• Proven planning and organizational skills, with the ability to be both a self-starter as well as work compatibly within a team.
• Demonstrated capabilities of exceeding sales and profitability goals in seeking out new users for MSA/GM products.
• Strong organization, communication (including written and verbal technical and non-technical), interpersonal and management skills.
• Creative problem-solving with a customer-based perspective

Education and experience required:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Level I: 4 years sales experience – any industry.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or educational academic equivalent.
• 4 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a Bachelors degree.
• Experience managing/selling or working for manufacturer representatives.
• Relevant sales experience in industrial instrumentation or related products in an industrial market.

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MSA is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to providing a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. As such, it is MSA's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of the person's age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, veteran's status, genetic information, political affiliation, disabling condition, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. MSA also makes reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform a job unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship.

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Salary:

$70,000.00

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