Outside Sales Representative - Houston-Gulf Coast
About The Position
KLINGER GPI provides industrial sealing products, technical expertise, and reliability-focused solutions to refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical facilities, and industrial operations throughout the Gulf Coast region. Backed by KLINGER's global manufacturing network and local operational support, we help customers improve safety, reliability, and operational performance in demanding industrial environments. As a Regional Account Manager, you will drive growth for industrial gasketing solutions across the Houston-area heavy industrial market. This role exists to expand territory revenue while delivering technically sound, responsive support to plant and procurement stakeholders.
Requirements
- 5+ years of outside sales, business development, or technical industrial sales experience preferred
- Experience selling into refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, power generation, or heavy industrial markets strongly preferred
- Proven hunter mentality with the ability to develop new business and grow territory sales
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Self-motivated and capable of managing a regional territory independently
- Technical aptitude and ability to learn industrial sealing applications and products
- Experience navigating plant environments, turnaround schedules, and industrial procurement processes preferred
- Valid driver's license and ability to meet customer site access requirements
Responsibilities
- Develop new business opportunities within refinery, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and industrial accounts
- Build relationships with engineering, maintenance, reliability, operations, procurement, and plant leadership teams
- Grow territory sales through prospecting, plant visits, networking, and strategic account development
- Expand existing customer accounts while identifying additional opportunities
- Recommend technical sealing and reliability solutions that improve safety and operational performance
- Follow up on opportunities, and support outage and turnaround activities
- Coordinate with inside sales, operations, engineering, and leadership teams to support customers
- Maintain CRM activity, forecasting, and territory reporting
- Monitor market activity, outages, turnarounds, and competitive developments throughout the Gulf Coast region
Benefits
- Base pay: $85,000 to $120,000 plus KPI bonus
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- KLINGER GPI covers 100% of the premium for dental and vision insurance and two of the four available medical plans
- Company covers 50% of eligible premium for medical, dental, and vision for dependents
- 401(k): Match: 100% on the first 3% of employee contributions; 50% on the next 2%
- Health Savings Account (HSA): For eligible high-deductible plans, company contributes $37 per pay period
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Paid Time Off
- Vehicle Allowance
- Life Insurance: $15,000 policy provided at no cost to the employee
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
