Solutions Sales Representative

Job description

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Primary Responsibilities
The Services Sales Representative (SSR) will own activities and opportunities with the goal of expanding our services revenue. Sales focus consists of both new account acquisition as well as growing ongoing relationships. A knowledge of direct and ‘sales through partners' is required
The successful candidate will balance his/her time in several areas:
· Perform customer facing activities to determine project needs, and then provide an appropriate value add technical solution. The candidate will become the key ‘first point of contact' for these customers, and engage other Schneider business as appropriate;
· Formulate project estimations, aid in tender creation, deliver professional quotations, and perform follow-up, ensuring customer questions and concerns are resolved;
· Negotiate and win these projects, while being supported by other key areas such as management, technical experts, and Services Operations;
· Manage a personal funnel of opportunities via the company CRM, and accurately report and forecast on his/her activities and opportunities;
· Engage, support, and leverage core Product sales teams and key partners. This leverage will allow their relationships and strengths to complement the technical strengths and portfolio knowledge of the SSR to ensure success. Joint sales strategies are a necessity to provide competitive differentiation;
· Conduct activities such as trade shows, customer events, industry events, and larger national campaigns as part of Schneider Canada's strategy;
· Identify market opportunities, competitive activities/weaknesses, then execute new campaigns and activities while working closely with our offer and marcom teams;

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Required Skillsets & Experience

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong relationship building skills with a proven track record of driving incremental revenue. Knowledge of both OPEX and CAPEX sales techniques is required in a business-to-business selling environment. The candidate will possess a mix of direct end user interaction, coupled with the ability to work with and leverage key channel partners.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skillsets:
·  A high degree of Health, Safety, and Environmental knowledge;
·  Flexibility to perform work while traveling and during evenings;
·  Excellent customer management skills;
·  High degree of time management and organizationally skills in this multi-tasking environment;
·  Strong internal-external communication skills, both externally and within Schneider Electric;
·  Excellent Quotation/Proposal Management skills including knowledge of terms and conditions of sale;
·  Strong electrical product and application knowledge, especially in low and medium voltage systems and related equipment
·  Formal technical training (electrical or mechanical) such as CET, EET or Engineering accreditation, plus appropriate sales experience
·  Must be bilingual
·  Ability to travel overnight approximately one week per month
·  Good knowledge of IT systems. Knowledge of Salesforce.com and internal Schneider systems is a benefit

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