Regional Sales Manager

The Territory is Minnesota, North Dakota & Wisconsin Job Description Duties and responsibilities

• Provides quality leadership for SSAB’s internal and external customers in all assigned tasks, while upholding SSAB’s Values always; to include constructive problem solving, facilitating creative improvements, and inspiring others.
• Achieves the region’s revenue and profitability quotas for SSAB products as they are sold into all customer segments within the assigned region; establishes an environment and foundation for future sales growth; sells and teaches others how to sell value and solutions to SSAB’s customers.
• Develop and increase sales revenue to meet assigned goals; establish, maintain and expand customer base; service the needs of existing customers; and prioritize effectively and in accordance with corporate objectives.
• Develops and maintains in-depth knowledge of company products, processes, markets, competitors, buying influences, customers and customer processes to maximize efficiency and effectiveness; to include, updating and maintaining the CRM –Customer Relationship Management Tool.
• Strategize sales plans for short- and long-term objectives, to include forecasting.
• Define and implement regional sales plans, write presentations, reports, price quotations and support contract negotiations.
• Evaluate market trends and gather regional competitive information, identify trends that affect current and future growth of regional sales and profitability; and inform on such activities and overall marketplace in a timely manner to the Company.
• Prospect new business through research, lead lists and from contacts made at trade shows; and drives the implementation of Value-Added Service offerings and advanced Steel Competence Cluster solutions.
• Foster relationships with Inside Sales, Customer Service, Technical Development Manager’s (TDM’s), Marketing, Product Support, Global Services, Finance and Engineering employees.
• Strives for self-improvement by establishing and working to reach professional and personal development goals.

Required

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited College or University, or an equivalent combination of education & experience
• 3 - 8+ years of experience in sales in the steel, mining, industrial, recycling or maintenance repair industry
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers, extremely organized
• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Experience in drawings, working with templates, and basic understanding and interest of CAD and nesting software
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Strong analytical skills, exceptional judgment, dependable, excellent teamwork skills, good time management skills, able to delegate, creative, problem-solving, hardworking & persistent, professional competence, proactive
• Maintains good public relations by displaying an attitude of dedication, courtesy and professional competence that will be recognized as such by customers
• Demonstrated record of achievement in a prior sales position, strong closing skills, and the ability to learn and retain product specific information and utilize to position the features and benefits to customers

• Master’s degree in business administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited College or University, or an equivalent combination of education & experience
• 8+ years of experience in sales within the steel, mining, industrial, recycling or maintenance repair industry, to include Supervisory experience
• Prior attendance at formal sales training courses

Travel 75% of time in the field, at customer’s sites (4 days on the road, 1 Admin Day (Friday))

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, provincial and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards