Sales & Project Manager

GENESYS Systems Integrator • Kansas City, MO

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sales & Project Manager is a high-impact, client-facing leader responsible for growing profitable business, developing trusted customer relationships, and guiding complex capital equipment and systems integration projects from opportunity development through installation and start-up. This role combines technical sales, solution development, commercial leadership, and hands-on project execution. The ideal candidate brings a strong technical foundation, a consultative sales approach, disciplined project management practices, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-moving manufacturing and field installation environment. GENESYS expects this individual to strengthen our market presence by combining their reputation, relationships, and industry knowledge with GENESYS capabilities and delivery excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related technical or business field preferred.
• Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree, especially for candidates with proven success in technical project management, capital equipment sales, automation, construction, manufacturing, or systems integration.
• Experience leading projects involving custom equipment, industrial automation, manufacturing systems, field installation, or turnkey production solutions strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, schedules, subcontractors, vendors, customer expectations, financial forecasts, change orders, and project risk.
• Commercially sharp, technically credible, and comfortable leading complex discussions with executives, plant leaders, engineers, operators, trades, and purchasing teams.
• Drive results through strategic thinking, disciplined planning, smart negotiation, proactive problem-solving, and practical decision-making under pressure.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and tailor your message to the audience without losing accuracy or urgency.
• Thrive in a role that blends business development, account management, project leadership, field coordination, and team mentorship.
• Value safety as non-negotiable and understand that strong safety performance is inseparable from operational excellence.
• Embrace change, challenge processes constructively, and consistently look for ways to improve customer outcomes and internal execution.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced certifications such as PMP, CAPM, technical sales training, safety training, or comparable professional development are a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, retain, and grow strategic accounts while identifying and qualifying new business opportunities aligned with GENESYS capabilities and profitability objectives.
• Build trusted relationships with customer stakeholders, vendors, subcontractors, and internal teams through clear communication, follow-through, technical credibility, and sound commercial judgment.
• Lead development of project scope, budget, schedule, commercial assumptions, risk profile, and execution strategy for custom automation, capital equipment, and systems integration opportunities.
• Translate customer needs and production challenges into practical, value-based solutions that improve safety, efficiency, quality, uptime, and return on investment.
• Provide leadership on both technical and commercial matters, balancing customer requirements, company goals, project risk, and long-term account value.
• Operate with autonomy and accountability, balancing office, customer site, and field responsibilities to maximize ROI for GENESYS and ensure successful project outcomes.
• Manage assigned projects from concept through engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, start-up, closeout, and lessons learned.
• Create, maintain, and communicate project schedules, milestones, budgets, forecasts, change orders, and financial projections with timely updates to senior leadership.
• Lead customer interface meetings, construction coordination meetings, design reviews, schedule reviews, and project status discussions before and during installation activities.
• Coordinate engineering, fabrication, manufacturing, subcontractors, vendors, field crews, and customer resources to ensure alignment on scope, schedule, cost, quality, and safety.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and mitigate project risks, including scope gaps, schedule constraints, field conflicts, technical issues, cost exposure, and customer-driven changes.
• Support field execution during critical windows, including availability during off-peak hours, nights, weekends, or holidays when required for project success.
• Facilitate project closeout, lessons-learned meetings, and process improvement actions that strengthen future estimates, execution plans, customer experience, and profitability.
• Lead, mentor, and develop team members by setting clear expectations, removing roadblocks, encouraging accountability, and modeling professional ownership.
• Make company goals your own and create a shared sense of purpose among project teams, customers, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a visible and consistent commitment to safety; hold yourself and others accountable to GENESYS and customer safety standards.
• Actively participate in design reviews, SPAs, JHAs, field audits, incident reporting, and corrective action follow-up to protect people, property, and the environment.
• Promote a collaborative, high-trust culture grounded in integrity, accountability, open communication, continuous improvement, and respect for people.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability (STD/LTD), and Life Insurance (Voluntary Critical and Accidental Insurance)
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• Support for continuing education and professional development
• Exposure to complex, large-scale projects, advanced manufacturing environments, and industry-leading engineering and skilled trades teams.
• Collaborative, innovative work environment within a growing company that values accountability, technical excellence, safety, and client success.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level