Crane Equipment - Outside Sales Representative – Houston, TX
CraneWorks is a successful heavy-duty truck mounted equipment manufacturer and distributor with offices in Houston, TX / DFW-Haslet, TX / Brighton, CO / Hampton, NJ / Orlando, FL / San Marcos, CA / Olathe, KS / St. Louis, MO. CraneWorks also has outstanding in-house Service Departments at all locations and provides mobile service trucks that allow us to respond in the field. Our world class Parts Departments can ship parts anywhere in the world.
CraneWorks has direct hire opportunities for a Heavy Equipment Sales Representative. The objective of these roles is to sell heavy equipment to customers and assist in developing market opportunities and managing relationships with customers and to sell to existing accounts as well as new target opportunities.
Job Summary
- Work closely with Customer Sales and Services Management to develop and implement target account specific objectives, strategies, and action plans.
- Contact new and existing customers to discuss their needs and company offerings.
- Quote prices, bid specifications and maintain records as outlined by management.
- Emphasize product features based on analyses of customers' needs.
- Identify prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients, participating in organizations, and attending trade shows and conferences.
- Answer customers' inquiries regarding products, prices, availability, and product uses.
- Monitor customer satisfaction and communicate this information to management.
- Work with Parts and Service Departments to introduce customers to the other services we provide.
- Update customer relationship management system with sales and prospect activity on a weekly basis as outlined by management.
Qualifications and Experience
- Candidate must live in Central Texas Hill Country, Austin, San Antonio, or Surrounding Areas.
- Prior knowledge of the Central Texas area commercial and/or industrial market, preferably in the construction, crane or equipment industry.
- Specific experience selling or working with brands such as Kenworth, Palfinger, Fassi, Cormach, Socage, Elliott, Versalift, National, Manitex and Tadano and equipment types such as knuckle booms, man lifts, mobile cranes, crawler cranes, forklifts and material handling equipment.
- 5 years prior and proven outside sales experience with heavy-duty truck mounted equipment expertise
- Demonstrated leadership ability, self-motivated and disciplined with an ability to work closely with management and customers.
- Excellent communication and presentation, analytical, and problem- solving skills, with the ability to work well under pressure.
- Must have valid driver’s license and ability to travel 4 out of 5 days with 1 office day per week.
- Good PC Skills: Excel, Word, CRM and PowerPoint
- Competitive base pay and commission structure.