Senior Sales Representative

Career Area: Sales

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.

Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

About IPSD

Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat® and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.

Role Definition

We are looking for a Senior Sales Representative to lead and manage dealer relationships, market our products and services, and help dealers strengthen their sales capabilities.

What You Will Do:

• Understanding of business model and acting within the business process guidance on review and approval for variance programs and commercial actions.
• Designing and assisting dealers on the forecast, sales/rental/used strategy planning, and sales techniques; supporting the rollout of new products.
• Performing regular sales performance reviews with dealers and ensuring implementation of corrective actions where needed.
• Leading the selling opportunities identification, customer satisfaction improvement and business relationship enhancement.

What

You Will Have:

Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

Level Extensive

Experience:

• Facilitates creation of the 'right' products and services to resolve customer business issues.
• Fosters strong customer relationships via delivery on commitments, open communication, and on-going feedback/improvement.
• Advises others on creating customer focused environments in various scenarios.
• Anticipates customer needs, focusing efforts to proactively meet needs and exceed customer expectations.
• Measures and observes customer satisfaction levels to ascertain and implement service improvement alternatives.
• Communicates and models the criticality of customer focus as an organizational strategy.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

Level Extensive

Experience:

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

Level Extensive

Experience:

• Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.
• Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship.
• Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes.
• Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors.
• Creates opportunities to educate support teams on…