Senior Technical Sales Engineer
Endress+Hauser Detroit Michigan
Senior sales executive for the new Midwest Division of this $1 billion dollar global manufacturer of process control instrumentation. Broad scope of responsibilities included: solution-oriented sales, project negotiation and implementation, key account management, sales and technical support. Identified potential customers while targeting their needs, applications & proposed automation solutions. Conducted technical presentations and seminars. Extensive business travel throughout U.S. and Europe.Selected Achievements:Implemented sales plan to facilitate the company’s desire to focus on the municipal market, securing the largest sale in company history. (Detroit Water & Sewer / Hart Communication’s Plant of the year 2004). Networking efforts and the execution of creative marketing/sales plans aided in meeting and/or exceeding all quota’s throughout tenure, while earning multiple Company awards in recognition of performance. Consistently developed strong, sustainable relationships with executive decision makers, both in person and over the phone establishing large-volume, high profit accounts.• OPENED A COMPLETELY UNWORKED TERRITORY IN MIDWEST, INVENTIVELY RESEARCHING MARKETS AND ESTABLISHING KEY RELATIONSHIPS SURPASSING ALL SALES GOALS/EXPECTATIONS.• MAINTAINED CLOSE TIES WITH CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN INDIANA THROUGH BUSINESS FORECASTING, MONTHLY CALL REPORTS, AND FUTURE MARKETING/SALES CAMPAIGNS.• DEVELOPED, EVALUATED AND FOCUSED ON A NEW SALES FORCE, BY CREATING A POSITIVE, “CAN-DO” WORK ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATING INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM GOALS, EXPECTATIONS AND STRATEGIES.• STRATEGIZED AND INITIATED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO DIVERSIFY AND PENETRATE MANY INDUSTRIAL MARKETS. THIS ENDEAVOR INCLUDED WATER + WASTE WATER, CHEMICAL, FOOD + BEVERAGE, PHARMACEUTICAL, PULP & PAPER, POWER + GAS, AUTOMOTIVE AND OTHERS.