Location : Arizona or New Mexico (Fully Remote)
All candidates must reside in either AZ or New Mexico
Travel : No business travel, possibility of 1 or 2 nights if there is a client 2-3 hours drive away
Job Summary :
The District Manager is responsible for complete management of assigned territory and all
individual accounts within it. The ultimate goal of the DM is to increase company's market share
in each account and in the territory overall.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
Meet or exceed monthly sales and received targets
Maintain strong customer business relationships and develop new ones remotely or through face-
to-face sales visits to customers.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty
satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or
ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Product Knowledge in Linear Guides, ballscrews, actuators, rotary bearings, motion
control and power transmission
Be able to meet the physical requirements of the role, carry two 24 pound sample cases,
drive, fly etc.
Technical background in particular understanding of motion, dynamics and statics as it
pertains to sizing and applying linear motion products.
Ability to read and understand technical documents and drawings at they relate to
managing your accounts
Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non technical persons
Microsoft Office knowledge - Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Lotus Notes Email and
Databases
AS400 experience is a plus
EDUCATION / FIELD
Undergraduate College Degree - Business or Engineering - Engineering strongly
preferred
EXPERIENCE / FIELD
5+ years Sales experience in bearing, motion control, power transmission, or other
industry-related experience (i.e. machine building, robotics, automation) is ideal
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Excellent written and oral communication skill
REASONING ABILITY
ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking; apply commonsense
understanding to carry out written or oral instructions; deal with problems; meet tight
deadlines; analytical thinking; compare; prioritize; coordinate.
Planning, time management
Multi-tasking
Evaluating
Drive communication and teamwork with Sales Administration Representative (Inside
Sales) regarding customer activities
Perform all account management functions including sales, product delivery and accounts
receivables.
Manage new project development coordinating with customer engineering and company's
engineering
Meet Sales call goals and other quarterly metrics as assigned by management (Career
Path Program)
Submit Sales activity reports in Salesforce the same day or by Monday at 8 : 00 AM CST
the week following the call in order for the call to be counted.
Timely and regular follow up on new and existing sales leads and inquiries converting as
many as possible into sales.
Monitor open order report and work with customers and SAR to ensure timely delivery
Develop strategies for entreating new accounts
Develop strategies for future growth in territory
Sales Forecasts (OEM Registration) as required
Make recommendations to Regional Management for new markets, suggest new
products.
Timely submission of expense reports & vehicle mileage reports
Conduct company's product training seminars on a quarterly basis
Timely submission of monthly sales reports to regional sales management
Continuously improve on Relationship Selling Skills (RSS)
Create and submit RSS Process Stories as requested (1-2 per year)
Joint calls with Engineering staff at least once per quarter with focus on generating new
projects
Participate in quarterly regional sales meetings and ongoing product knowledge training.
Be able to meet the physical requirements of the role, carrying sample cases (2 at about
24 lbs. each), traveling, driving, flying
Participate in related trade shows
Manage and oversee the RMA process, ensure that RMA process is handled correctly and
in a timely fashion, facilitate this process to keep it moving, follow the process to ensure
resolution.
Mentor new DM's in any aspect of performing their daily job functions including but not
limited to customer relations, accessing data from either AS400 or Salesforce, assisting
with internal procedures and processes, product assistance and RSS / TAP.
Work with Regional Management on strategies for increasing sales for the region,
improving DM's abilities and ways of improving regional sales activities
Benefits :
PTO : 50 hours in the first year (increases with years of service) Can be taken in 1-hour
increments
Vacation : 5 days (40 hours) in the first year, 10 days (80 hours) in the second and subsequent
years can be taken in half-day increments (4-hour increments)
Bonus : Depends on performance but has been paid once a year for the past two years (December
closing, announced in January, paid in February and March).
Insurance : Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Life with several options (starting 3 months after hire