Now Hiring - Regional Sales Manager - Central Region in Valdese, NC

Saft has been energizing the world for over 100 years.

Saft is a global battery company like no other. Thanks to our historical expertise, combined with our unique industrial approach, we have a leading position to meet the demands of the most demanding customers. Our batteries and battery systems make a difference for all the market sectors they serve.

Established in 19 countries and supported by our 16 production sites, Saft has more than 4,000 employees across the planet.

Since 2016, Saft is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity.

Their 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, cleaner, more reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. The Company is active in more than 130 countries, and puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.

Saft Valdese has an opening for a Central Regional Sales Manager. This position will sell lithium primary, MP, small VL and nickel products to the existing market customers in a professional and ethical manner. Insure that sales are targeted at technically appropriate applications and that quality of effort is not compromised. Work in conjunction with support persons in factories to rapidly grow Saft business.

Summary of Duties Include (but are not limited to):

• Grow sales within territory in order to meet the Civil Electronics Division short term and long term strategic goals.
• Cultivates relationships with customers in order to help secure positioning within the account. Ability to build relationships at all levels within an organization from design engineers to Executive Management.
  
• Plans own territory or account approach and manages own resources to achieve the sales plan within budgetary guidelines
  
• Make calls to existing and potential customers, including OEM's. OES's,Tire 1 and Tier 2 Suppliers in order to increase customer base.
  
• Participation in industry events,tradeshows, and industry specific committees.
• Develops timely and accurate rolling sales forecasts to support the Sales and Operations Planning process in support of Manufacturing Operations.
• Provide technical support to customer engineers as a stop-gap to full support from factories in order to meet the customers short term technical needs.
• Provide support to Customer Service in all aspects pertaining to order input, customer support, providing requested documentation and general feedback in order to foster superior customer service.
• Assist Marketing by providing pertinent feedback from the region concerning both product and market trends in order to support the proper product offering.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required,
• Specific sales training certificate programs preferred
• 3 - 5 years proven, successful sales experience, with a focus on prospecting, hunting, and closing:
• Existing knowledge/experience in the battery industry, or a proven ability to learn primary and rechargeable lithium batteries electronics, physics, chemistry. Knowledge/experience in any of the following markets: medical devices, metering, Internet of Things, Oil & Gas, Military.
• Adaptive Coaching skills of listening, asking and responding .
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills are required.
• Experience with forecasting and CRM systems.

The successful candidate will enjoy World Class benefits such as:

Medical/Dental/Vision
Generous 401k match
Life and AD&D Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement
Vacation & Holiday Pay
Much More...