Business Development Manager

SJE Career • Chesterfield, MO

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About The Position

We are Proud to be SJE! At SJE , we are more than a company — we are a family of brands with a shared vision and mission to provide industry-leading, innovative, and reliable control and monitoring solutions that improve efficiencies, protect the environment, and deliver dependable solutions to our valued customers. We are looking for a Business Development Manager to support our LangeTech brand. This role is based out of the state of Missouri but requires travel for customer meetings, trade shows, or onsite engagements as needed. Our LangeTech brand delivers consulting, programming, and engineering services for the automation industry. We build solutions that solve business challenges for our customers. We help clients use technology to achieve visions and goals, providing innovative, reliable, scalable systems that cut variation and waste and boost throughput. Check us out at LangeTech.com The job: As our Business Development Manager , you will drive strategic growth by expanding relationships with key customers, channel partners, and vendors while meeting order goals and developing qualified opportunities across assigned territories. You will follow a structured outreach plan, maintain an active sales pipeline, and log accurate data in the CRM. Key responsibilities include identifying new leads, collaborating with estimating to ensure margin-aligned quotes, attending trade shows, and supporting marketing efforts. You will also serve as a customer advocate, manage expenses, and lead NPS feedback sessions. Success in this role is measured by your ability to meet sales targets and support the company’s growth strategy.

Requirements

• Industry experience in engineering, operations, or consulting, especially in water and wastewater applications
• Municipal industry direct selling experience (i.e., working directly with end-users, consultants, and contractors)
• Strong knowledge of control systems, sales principles, estimating practices, and CRM systems
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, estimating programs, and digital communication tools
• A self-motivated, assertive, and resilient approach to sales engagement
• The ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
• A degree in Electrical Engineering with at least two years of experience, or five years of experience in the controls field is required

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic growth by expanding relationships with key customers, channel partners, and vendors
• Meet order goals and developing qualified opportunities across assigned territories
• Follow a structured outreach plan
• Maintain an active sales pipeline
• Log accurate data in the CRM
• Identifying new leads
• Collaborating with estimating to ensure margin-aligned quotes
• Attending trade shows
• Supporting marketing efforts
• Serve as a customer advocate
• Manage expenses
• Lead NPS feedback sessions

Benefits

• Up to 6 weeks off plus 8 paid holidays
• health, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance as well as dental and vision programs
• employee bonus referral program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees