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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in strategic sales planning and execution within the municipal and industrial markets, with a strong focus on building relationships and managing complex sales opportunities. Proficient in utilizing Salesforce for pipeline management and forecasting while effectively communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Strategic Sales PlanningOutside Sales ExperienceSalesforce ProficiencyPumps and Water/Wastewater Systems KnowledgeStrong Communication and Negotiation Skills
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Hard Skills
Business DevelopmentAccount ManagementTechnical SalesProposal DevelopmentMarket ResearchForecastingNegotiationClosing SkillsAnalytical SkillsTime Management
Soft Skills
Strong CommunicationPresentation SkillsOrganizational SkillsAbility to Work IndependentlyRelationship Building
Tools & Technologies
SalesforceCRM Platforms
Industry Keywords
Municipal UtilitiesIndustrial FacilitiesWater/Wastewater SystemsEngineering SpecificationsCapital Improvement ProjectsConstruction Sales CyclesRotating EquipmentProcess EquipmentTechnical PresentationsCustomer Training
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build and execute a strategic sales plan for Chicago-area municipal and industrial markets
- Identify new customers, projects, and applications through prospecting, networking, referrals, market research, and field activity
- Expand existing account relationships and develop new revenue sources
- Maintain an accurate pipeline of short- and long-term opportunities
- Achieve or exceed annual order, revenue, margin, and growth objectives
- Build relationships with utility leaders, operators, engineers, contractors, maintenance professionals, procurement teams, and industrial decision-makers
- Conduct account reviews, site visits, and follow-up activities
- Evaluate customer needs and recommend pumping, mixing, controls, monitoring, service, and aftermarket solutions
- Conduct technical presentations, product demonstrations, lunch-and-learns, and customer training
- Review plans, specifications, operating conditions, and application requirements with internal technical resources
- Develop solution strategies and persuasive technical and commercial proposals
- Manage opportunities from identification through quotation, negotiation, award, delivery, startup, and post-sale follow-up
- Coordinate pricing, commercial terms, proposal development, approvals, and contract requirements
- Maintain sales activity, account information, forecasts, and opportunity data in Salesforce or other required systems
- Provide forecasts to sales leadership and monitor schedules, commitments, competition, and risks
- Collaborate with application engineering, service, operations, customer support, marketing, product management, and leadership
- Share customer feedback, market trends, competitive intelligence, and product needs internally
- Build expertise in municipal and industrial wastewater systems and Flygt products and services
- Participate in technical training, sales development programs, conferences, trade associations, and customer events
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, environmental science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- 8+ years of demonstrated experience in outside sales, territory management, business development, account management, or technical sales
- Experience with pumps, rotating equipment, water or wastewater systems, process equipment, controls, instrumentation, capital equipment, or engineered solutions
- Ability to develop new business and manage complex, relationship-driven sales opportunities
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and closing skills
- Ability to understand technical concepts and communicate them clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences
- Strong organizational, analytical, and time-management skills
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and maintain accountability for territory results
- Proficiency with Salesforce or a comparable CRM platform
- Ability and willingness to travel regularly throughout the assigned Chicago-area territory
- Preferred: experience selling into municipal utilities, industrial facilities, consulting engineering firms, contractors, or public-sector organizations
- Preferred: knowledge of municipal procurement, engineering specifications, capital improvement projects, and construction-related sales cycles
- Preferred: mechanical aptitude or ability to quickly develop technical product and application expertise
- Preferred: established relationships within Chicago-area water, wastewater, engineering, construction, or industrial markets
Benefits
Comp & perks- Paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Inclusion and belonging initiatives
- Professional growth opportunities
- Access to experienced technical resources
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action workplace
- Reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities