Full-Time Sales Manager EHS - Northeast

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Make an impact with SGS! Our Sales team makes a difference in the lives of our customers, colleagues and community.

SGS works to ensure the health and safety of our environment and community as a key partner in the cleanup of contaminated sites, ensuring we all have safe drinking water and helping clients minimize their impact on the environment.

Our team's goal is to provide above and beyond client service along with industry leading technical expertise and our Account Manager team is an important part of that objective.

If you're looking for an exciting opportunity in an incredible work environment with a team who is constantly looking for ways to exceed the needs of our clients, then this could be the role for you.

We're looking for a motivated and energetic individual with expertise in business development and a passion for solution-based selling.

This position is responsible for the sale of environmental analytical services to existing and prospected customers, as well as securing business opportunities to meet revenue targets.

Job Functions:

1. Manages sales team budgets, territories and client lists for clients in the Northeast USA
2. Leads, coaches, and develops a quality driven, sales team to deliver profitable growth
3. Collaborates with the senior management team to develop and defines sales strategies for achieving sales goals
4. Hires and develops sales staff
5. Defines and oversees sales staff compensation and incentive programs that motivate the sales team to achieve their sales targets
6. Defines and coordinates sales training programs that enable staff to achieve their potential and support company sales objectives
7. Manages customer expectations and contributes to a high level of customer satisfaction
8. Defines sales processes that drive desired sales outcomes and identify improvements where and when required
9. Develops infrastructure and systems to support the success of the sales function
10. Provides detailed and accurate sales forecasting
11. Defines, tracks, and manages sales teams KPI/Metrics; financials, activities, pipeline, prospecting
12. Monitors customer, market and competitor activity and provides feedback to executive and leadership teams
13. Works closely with the marketing team to establish successful support, budget, plans and programs
14. Manages key customer relationships to develop and secure strategic opportunities
15. Travels for in-person meetings with customers and partners and to develop key relationships and opportunities for SGS
16. Develops and maintains relationships with key accounts
17. Creates a culture of success and ongoing business and goal achievement
18. Liaises with other SGS business lines to insure proper and effective cross selling
19. Follows up on delivery of laboratory services to meet client needs
20. Develops and manages the business plan for the growth of the EHS business
21. Provides ongoing beneficial client feedback to inform the business and Operations staff
22. Operates to the highest standards of ethics, in accordance with the SGS Code of Integrity
23. Degree or diploma in a relevant field; Chemistry, Biology, Environmental science
24. 10 years of experience in Technical sales, project management, or customer service experience
25. 10 years of experience in Environmental Industry
26. Prior supervisory experience
27. Excellent oral and written communications skills to build strong customer relationships as well as work effectively and collaborate internally
28. Strong leadership, self-initiative, resource utilization and time management skills
29. Solid critical thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems in a systematic manner
30. Advanced English language skills
31. Advanced mathematical, reasoning, and computer skills
32. Strong attention to detail

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job.

Nothing contained herein restricts the company’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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Possible employment type: Full-time

Possible allowed location: Syracuse, NY

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