Territory Sales Rep

Pentair is seeking a practical, enthusiastic, and driven customer-focused Area Sales Manager to actively promote its pool product range across Victoria. This role requires an experienced Sales professional with a solid understanding of customer and end-user requirements. The successful candidate will be results-driven, capable of communicating, negotiating, influencing, and developing constructive relationships, with a proven history of meeting targets, managing existing accounts, and seeking new business opportunities.

Must Have

• Develop a business plan and sales strategy for the assigned territory to ensure attainment of company sales goals and profitability
• Achieve sales budget for the assigned territory
• Communicate monthly forecast to Management
• Continuously improve customer professional relationships
• Execute marketing & promotional activities for assigned territory
• Train dealer network within allocated territory
• Provide hands-on product training in the field, including troubleshooting and programming automation products
• Liaise with manufacturing plants on product availability and customer requirements
• Contribute to the development of the national sales strategy by identifying and analyzing market and product trends
• Resolve customer product enquiries
• Experience dealing with similar customer groups and having technical understanding of products
• Ability to work autonomously
• Sales experience with proven technical aptitude
• Demonstrated knowledge of developing and presenting product presentations
• Management of existing accounts and relationships
• Sound written and communication skills
• Negotiation skills and customer focused
• Knowledge of CRM use
• Highly motivated and possess an ability to build strong business relationships
• Microsoft Office programs knowledge (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Good to Have

• Pool product experience

Job Description:

Area Sales Manager – Pool Division - VIC

Pentair Overview

At Pentair, we believe the health of our world depends on reliable access to clean water. We deliver the most comprehensive range of smart, sustainable water solutions to homes, business and industry around the world. Our industry leading and proven portfolio of solutions enables people, business and industry to access clean, safe water, reduce water consumption, and recover and reuse it. We help ensure water is clean when returned to the environment. Whether it’s for fitness and fun, healthier homes, better flood control, safer sky rises, more sustainable ways to farm, or safe drinking water for those who need it most, we won’t stop until the world’s water is managed the best way possible.

Job Summary

We are currently seeking a practical; enthusiastic and driven customer focused Area Sales Manager who will actively promote Pentair’s pool product range across VIC

This role requires an experienced Sales professional who has a solid understanding of customer and end user requirements.

The successful candidate will be a results driven individual who has the ability to communicate, negotiate, influence and develop constructive relationships coupled with proven history of meeting targets, managing existing accounts and enjoy seeking new business opportunities

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for developing a business plan and sales strategy for the assigned territory to ensure attainment of company sales goals and profitability
• Responsible for achieving sales budget for the assigned territory
• Responsible for communicating monthly forecast to Management
• Responsible for continuously improving customer professional relationships
• Responsible for executing marketing & promotional activities for assigned territory
• Responsible for training of dealer network with allocated territory.
• Responsible for hands on product training in field along with troubleshooting and programming of automation products
• Liaise with manufacturing plants on product availability and customer requirements
• Contributing to the development of the national sales strategy by identifying and Analyzing market and product trends
• Resolve customer product enquiries

Key Requirements:

• Experience dealing with similar customer groups and having technical understanding of products
• Pool product experience is an advantage
• Ability to work autonomously a must
• Sales experience with proven technical aptitude
• Demonstrated knowledge of developing and presenting product presentations.
• Management of existing accounts and relationships
• Sound written and communication skills
• Negotiation skills and customer focused
• Knowledge of CRM use
• Highly motivated and possess an ability to build strong business relationships
• Microsoft office programs knowledge – Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Interstate travel as required

If this sounds like you, and you have the skills and experience to make this role a success, please send your Covering Letter and CV by hitting the ‘APPLY NOW’ button

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer. With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day.