Product Sales Manager--Pulp & Stock Preparation

Are you motivated to take your next career step into technical Product Sales and Service in the Pulp & Paper Industry?

Deciding on your next employer is not a decision to be made lightly. But if you want to work on the front lines of development, shaping the field as you go, keep reading to see what we have to offer!

Our winning team is built by continuous investment in skills development, leadership and well-being. As a global company, we offer many career paths to suit individual needs and aspirations. Apply your expertise as a Product Sales Manager in our North America Sales Team.

In this role as a Product Sales Manager servicing the Southern US territory, you will play a critical role in working directly with our customers to ensure the sales and servicing of Pulp and Stock Preparation Solutions. Your industry knowledge and expertise will be put to good use to ensure that services, audits, sales and Customer Agreements are carried out to a high level of performance and to the customers satisfaction.

Responsibilities

Complete knowledge of product costs, profitability, features, benefits and market pricing of competitors. Understand what drives risk and limitations of the product in collaboration with shop production, engineering and outsourcing partners. The successful candidate will secure opportunities to quote on prospective agreements and obtain orders from existing and potential customers.

You will identify opportunities that grow bookings and revenues. This position will expect the right candidate to achieve specific sales goals, and customer satisfaction targets for assigned accounts. You will also help provide a territory sales forecast/budget for assigned accounts including competitor analysis.

Expectations

This opportunity could be right for you if you have a technical degree combined with experience from the pulp and paper industry. While formal education would be preferred, we are willing to explore this opportunity with industry veterans that have extensive hands-on experience as it can be equivalent to schooling.

You will balance a desire to support and work closely with customers along with your passion for development of cutting-edge products.

As you will be working closely with our customers within a region in the south, you will spend a large time of your time travelling. Must be authorized to work in the United States including eligibility to travel to Canada and throughout North America.

We Offer

We offer a challenging work environment that values innovation and suits development-minded people who enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic setting. Includes a generous wage and benefits package that includes a company-funded registered pension plan and a 401k match-up.

Please note that any offer of employment is contingent upon a background check and pre-employment physical and drug screen.

Additional Information

Delivering competitive technologies and services is what we do best. At Valmet, we continue to push forward and develop ourselves, concentrating on technology, services, sustainability, local presence, and our people. To be included in the recruiting process, please apply directly with us online.

Where everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions.

Our commitment to moving our customers' performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork. Join the team! www.valmet.com/careers

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Valmet is an equal opportunity employer. All employees and applicants for employment will not be discriminated on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.