Sales Manager

Kymera International • Durham, NC

36d • Remote

About The Position

Kymera International is seeking a Sales Manager for their Water Technologies business in the Americas. This role involves driving profitable sales growth by building and converting a pipeline of industrial water-treatment opportunities. The Sales Manager will develop new business across various sectors including Mining & Minerals, Food & Beverage, High-Tech Manufacturing, Power Generation, and Industrial Water Treatment. Key responsibilities include building relationships with end users, OEMs, engineering companies, and channel partners, understanding customer challenges, and collaborating with technical teams to develop solutions. The role also involves leading opportunities from qualification to contract award and identifying market developments to translate into growth opportunities. This is a remote/home office position with 50-75% travel required within the Americas.

Requirements

• Proven commercial success in industrial water treatment, treatment media, water-treatment equipment or related water technologies, with a strong technical understanding of industrial water-treatment applications.
• Demonstrated ability to develop new business, manage complex technical sales and operate independently across diverse markets.
• Strong capability in opportunity identification, pipeline management, and deal conversion within technical B2B environments.
• Ability to understand and communicate industrial water treatment applications and customer operational challenges.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and credibility across diverse cultures.
• Ability to effectively coordinate with technical, commercial, and operational teams to deliver customer solutions.
• Highly motivated with the ability to manage priorities and consistently deliver against targets.
• Effective presentation, influencing, and negotiation skills across technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills with a disciplined approach to CRM, forecasting, and reporting.
• Understanding of Americas markets and business practices; fluency in English required, additional languages advantageous.
• Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred), Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration tools.

Nice To Haves

• A relevant technical degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science or a related discipline is preferred.
• Additional languages advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitable sales growth across the Americas by building and converting a strong pipeline of industrial water-treatment opportunities.
• Develop new business across Mining & Minerals, Food & Beverage, High-Tech Manufacturing, Power Generation and Industrial Water Treatment.
• Build relationships with end users, OEMs, engineering companies and channel partners, developing strategic accounts and long-term partnerships.
• Understand customer water-treatment challenges and work with Kymera's technical teams to develop differentiated, value-based solutions.
• Lead opportunities from qualification through technical evaluation, proposal, pricing, negotiation and contract award.
• Identify market, customer, competitor and regulatory developments and translate these into actionable growth opportunities.

Benefits

• Opportunity to play a key role in building Kymera's Water Technologies business across the Americas—developing new markets, applications and long-term customer partnerships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree