Education and/or Experience:
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Bachelor’s degree, preferred.
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Five years’ industrial sales experience required, preferably in waterworks industry; or completion of McWane Sales Trainee program.
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Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel required.
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Must be self-motivated and self led
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Must be able to negotiate and close deals while maintaining a strong customer service attitude.
Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean DMV record of driving that can be insured.
Must be physically and visually able to breakdown moderate to complex mechanical products and relate product details to customer and factory.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Inventory software; Manufacturing software; Order processing systems; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This a traditional office position with an expectation of periodic work in facility with exposure to a wide range of temperatures, humid conditions, moving machinery, dust, fumes, gases, odors, vibrations and varying noise levels.
Fieldwork can happen any time of year. Extreme hot and cold weather could come into play. Contact with product under air or water pressure is a possibility. Although rare, possible that employee might have to go into trench box to review product. Extreme noise, fumes or airborne particles do not come into play.