Area Sales Manager - Kansas City

Banner Engineering Career•Kansas City, KS

6h•$109,341 - $158,331•Remote

About The Position

Our customers rely on us to help solve their challenging automation problems, including reducing costs, increasing efficiency, ensuring quality, monitoring and controlling processes, and safeguarding employees. The Area Sales Manager acts as the factory representative who facilitates the sales, marketing and applications of Banner products within an assigned regional territory. This position reports to the Regional Sales Director.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field plus 7 years of relevant sales experience
In lieu of a degree, 14 years of relevant sales experience
Solution selling along with management-level selling
Ability to manage multiple sales channel partners
In-depth knowledge of the local market
regular attendance is required

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related area with 3-10 years of experience in a sales position preferred
Strong background in industrial automation (sensor, measurement, condition monitoring, and/or PLC preferred)
Experience using and maintaining a CRM preferred

Responsibilities

Evaluates and monitors territory performance and identifies new business opportunities
Works with regional and corporate resources to develop and close opportunities
Promotes a wide variety of industrial automation products
Develops and implements a territory sales plan to achieve sales growth targets
Manages local accounts and provides technical support
Maintains the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database
Collaborates with the sales teams and management of our industrial automation distributors to develop and implement strategic sales plans
Maintains open lines of communication with the corporate office regarding territory concerns and progress