Now Hiring - Manufacturing Outside Sales - Salary + Commission in Kansas City, MO

Shick Esteve is looking for an Outside Sales Representative to join our team in Kansas City, MO. As an Outside Sales Representative you will be responsible for providing the service and sales of components, spares, and small systems to existing and new customers. This is a full-time job with the ability to work remote a few days a week. This role is compensated with both salary and commission. This position will be working with an existing customer base and will not be making cold calls. Leads are generated through our current customers and internal referrals.

What Shick Esteve Offers You

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance, which includes Spira Care, an innovative offering that combines care and insurance, and company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• Generous 401K Matching Program – 3% (base pay) automatic contribution + $.50 for each additional dollar saved on the first 6% of pay saved*
• 15 days of paid vacation and 9 paid holidays
• Competitive pay
• Opportunities for development and advancement

What You’ll Do

• Work closely as the Account Manager for specific customers to develop and maintain sales; promote and sell Shick Esteve products when opportunities arise.
• Meet sales targets and assist in increasing overall sales of components, mini systems, and spare parts.
• Assist customers with providing quotes, order entry, and order tracking; develop a spare parts order list to provide to customers along with mini systems sales.
• Enter data into Salesforce and routinely follow up on quotations and update their status accordingly.
• Maintain databases (Salesforce, CRM, Excel, etc.) of prospective client information.
• Assist in the review of designs and plans to be compliant with industry standard practices and company standards; review contract requirements and related drawings and specifications.
• Provide consistent documentation to Engineering regarding the specific customer details that went into the design of a project.
• Participate in reviews for general project purchasing, financials, drawings, and contracts.
• Provide necessary technical support to customers and support field team.
• O&M manuals support and assistance when required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering preferred.
• Experience with product and service sales
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills; the ability to call, connect and interact with customers
• Must be a highly motivated, self-confident and self-driven individual, persuasive and goal-oriented
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office software such as Excel, and Access.
• CRM solutions experience is preferred.
• The ability to read blueprints and schematics produced by Inventor and AutoCAD is a plus.

Great to Haves

• Knowledge of Shick Esteve systems and machine shop operation is a plus. Broad knowledge of the food production industry is helpful.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with employees, customers, and contractors.
• The ability to create and maintain effective supplier relationships.
• Having the ability to travel to support specific sales opportunities.
• The ability to multitask and effectively manage multiple customer requests simultaneously; the ability to adapt quickly to last-minute requests and changes to ensure customers are taken care of.
• The desire to gain product, process, industry and customer knowledge through continuing education and experience.

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

Who We Are

For over 60 years Shick Esteve has specialized in finding innovative solutions and providing unmatched service for food industry leaders around the world. How do we accomplish this? Through our people! Behind everything we do are our team members striving for excellence empowered by a culture of hard work and dedication. We embrace our values of passion, accountability, fun, consistency, and responsiveness, and believe in the power of a cohesive, high-performing team. Our people are what set us apart from the competition, and if you’re ready to join an industry-leading company that truly values its employees, we want to hear from you today!

Founded in 1956, Shick Esteve provides ingredient automation solutions to multiple industries that include baking, coffee, distilling/brewing, confectionery, pet food, snack food and prepared foods, among others. Our goal was and still is to enhance each customer's production process with solutions that provide accuracy, accountability and consistency in an economical manner. We are committed partners to our customers.

Shick Esteve is an operating company of Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: [please apply online] At Hillenbrand and Shick Esteve, we strive to build a diverse workforce through equal opportunity employment that embraces and leverages the differences each individual has to offer. Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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