Area Sales Manager

Overview

Are you interested in working for an international and diverse company? Want to leverage your problem-solving skills? Are you interested in developing your career in the water industry? If so, read on!

Hach () is part of Veralto
, a large multinational industrial group focused on technical, scientific and technological innovation and committed to helping customers solve complex challenges and improve the quality of life around the world. Our globally recognized brands are leaders in major industrial sectors, offering solutions in life sciences, medical diagnostics, dental, environmental and industrial. We are a globally diversified group with 68,000 employees, united by our cultural and operational system, the Veralto Enterprise System, which represents our most important competitive advantage.

With $18 billion in revenue, we are among the 500 largest companies in the world (Fortune 500) and, over the past 20 years, our stock has outperformed the S&P 500 index by more than 2000%.

Hach is a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of testing instruments, test kits and reagents for analyzing water quality. Our products are specifically designed for quality, precision and simplicity. By partnering with environmental subsidiaries around the world, our goal is to provide our customers with reliable instrumentation, carefully prepared reagents, proven methods, simple procedures, and highly qualified technical support.

We offer a collaborative, customer-oriented, quality-oriented, and professional growth environment. Working at Hach offers solid and satisfying professional development. For more information about our products, you can watch this video.

What we offer

• An interesting, challenging, and economically attractive position in an ever-growing market at one of the most successful multinational companies.
• Structured platform for personal and professional development.
• Continuous improvement through the Veralto Enterprise System (VES).
• Responsibility and cooperation for the development of products and turnover at local, national and global levels.

The area,
Sales Manager
, will be responsible for promoting and developing the sale of our water analysis solutions in the main markets of the French regions of Switzerland.

He will have to technically support customers in order to acquire a greater number of orders and carry out adequate territorial analyses relating to the market trend. The ideal candidate has gained experience: (1) in the fields of water treatment or in the marketing of scientific instrumentation, a background in chemistry will be a plus, (2) prospecting, business development and good negotiation.

• Product visits and demonstrations at customer sites
• Business Negotiation
• Actions for the retention of acquired customers and for the research and development of new ones
• Measures and countermeasures for the achievement of annual sales targets
• Timely and accurate reporting through Sales Force corporate CRM

• Degree in science, engineering or equivalent experience
• Direct experience gained in the sale or use of analysis instrumentation. If it is in the water treatment sector it will be a plus
• Residence in the French region of Switzerland and willingness to travel throughout all the French speaking regions. A few trips (1-4) per year could be in Europe for trainings and meetings.
• Good knowledge of the Office package, good knowledge of both spoken and written French and English, with German as a plus.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

Unsolicited Assistance

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies.

No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.

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