Regional Sales Manager – Municipal – Southern Texas

Cepheid

Houston, TX


Our work at Hach ensures water quality for people around the world. Our customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within industries from aviation to manufacturing to mining. You’ll also be part of an environment that fosters career growth and professional development, with kindness at its core. And you’ll be part of our mission, which drives us to develop water quality solutions that protect the health and safety of all living things.

Hach is proud to be one of Danaher's Water Quality companies. Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.

About the Regional Sales Manager role:

As the Regional Sales Manager, you are the primary front-line sales representative for assigned accounts and your Region. You are vital to our organization’s ability to deliver customer value and drive accelerated growth. You will work within a strong network of dedicated professionals who provide industry-leading customer service and support via Senior Leadership, Sales, Inside Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Technical Support, Project Sales, Bids Team, and Technical Applications professionals.

In this role, you are responsible for sales targeting customer accounts with multiple influencers in their assigned geographic territory. In addition, you will be an advocate for Hach's products, from instrumentation and reagents to fully integrated solutions and services. Working from a home office, this highly autonomous role requires strong business discernment, planning, and the ability to implement strategically.

This role covers the Greater Houston area.

  • Develops monthly sales territory and account plans to achieve assigned targets

  • Carries out planned activities and documents in Hach CRM, Salesforce.com (SFDC)

  • Prepare and present a monthly funnel review applying SFDC to demonstrate the quality of the funnel, activity plans, and command of the account base

  • Prepare and present monthly forecasts by accurately handling opportunity dates, dollar value, and probabilities in SFDC

  • Establish and manage relationships with engineering firms and other accounts that indirectly influence the buying decisions of our customers

  • Develops a network of customer and industry contacts in the territory to position Hach as a key member of the water management community

  • Collects and reports information on all competitive activity, business opportunities, sales trends, and results within the assigned market providing input during monthly business review

  • Participates in sales activities including customer site visits, telephone contacts, trade seminars and shows, product demonstrations/evaluations, customer seminars, and channel management

  • Provides key field input in corporate programs including market research, Kaizen events, and equipment beta testing

  • Travel required: 75% within assigned territory

What makes this opportunity exciting?

  • Hach has historically released new products every year, so you will always be learning and working on new items. This is fast-paced and significant work.

  • Our ability as an innovative organization. Unknown, yet exciting opportunities because of our innovative approach; Our service business is ever-evolving

  • Full benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching all on day one

Are you qualified?

  • Bachelor's degree in a science-related field such as Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a proven track record with Municipal Water and Wastewater customer service and sales

  • 5+ years of direct sales experience

  • B2B experience selling complex industrial products and solutions

  • Experience in one or more Hach vertical markets is an asset (Waste Water, Drinking Water, Power, Beverage, or Industrial Water)

  • Hands-on experience using a CRM (i.e. Salesforce.com)

This job is also eligible for sales incentive pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.

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