Technical Sales Representative - San Fernando/Pasadena, CA

VEGA Americas
Technical Sales Representative - San Fernando/Pasadena, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with industrial automation experience comfortable with territory-based sales and customer relationship management.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with industrial automation experience and a customer-centric mindset
    — “1+ year(s) of experience in industrial automation or instrumentation”
  • Individuals who thrive in territory-based sales and prioritize relationship-building
    — “responsible for increasing the level of market share within a designated territory”
  • Professionals who can act as a trusted advisor and bridge technical and sales functions
    — “Act as a Trusted Advisor for new and existing VEGA clients to ensure they receive platinum service.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands on-time delivery expectations from manufacturing in Cincinnati, Ohio
    — “meet customers’ on-time delivery expectations with sales orders originating from our manufacturing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio”
  • The position requires a balance of sales and technical acumen for effective client engagement
    — “being a trusted advisor, and providing the best products and solutions”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in forecasting and executing sales plans with measurable outcomes
    — “Develop annual forecast for assigned territory and execute sales plan to effectively meet or exceed goals”
  • Emphasize your ability to collaborate with technical teams for enhanced sales positioning
    — “Develop close working relationships with key customer personnel and VEGA sales and technical personnel”
  • Demonstrate your background in building and maintaining long-term customer relationships
    — “building and maintaining lasting customer relationships”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • increasing market share
  • developing sales plans
Typical background
engineeringbusiness

Skills & requirements

Required

SalesCustomer Relationship ManagementTechnical Sales

Preferred

Industrial AutomationInstrumentation

Stack & domain

SalesCustomer RelationshipsMarket ShareOn-time DeliveryIndustrial AutomationInstrumentationSales TrainingLaptopIpadIphoneAuto ProgramNetworkingScheduling AppointmentsConducting Lunch And LearnsSales Generating ActivitiesDeveloping Annual ForecastsTrusted AdvisorTeamworkClose Working RelationshipsSales Position

About the role

Original posting from VEGA Americas via Greenhouse

Do you like cultivating lasting relationships? How about a sales position responsible for increasing the level of market share within a designated territory? This isn’t a high-pressure position – just quality products and a process that works. We simply want sales representatives who can meet customers’ on-time delivery expectations with sales orders originating from our manufacturing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

If this sounds interesting to you, then you want to know more about VEGA.

VEGA Americas, Inc. is a fast-growing organization looking for a Technical Sales Representative to focus on building and maintaining lasting customer relationships covering the Greater San Fernando/Pasadena, CA market, being a trusted advisor, and providing the best products and solutions. As production processes become more complex, our customers rely on measurement technology that is understandable and intuitive. VEGA has developed innovative measurement technology that leads the way in Worldwide trends toward “intelligent factories.”

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Prospect for new business in defined territory through networking, scheduling appointments, conducting lunch and learns and other sales generating activities.  

Develop annual forecast for assigned territory and execute sales plan to effectively meet or exceed goals for market share growth, topline revenue, and new customers.

Act as a Trusted Advisor for new and existing VEGA clients to ensure they receive platinum service.

Develop close working relationships with key customer personnel and VEGA sales and technical personnel to ensure a team-selling approach and enhanced sales position.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or related;

AND 1+ year(s) of experience in industrial automation or instrumentation

OR equivalent combination of education and experience 

Technical Sales Reps receive:

Sales Training Program

Laptop, iPad, and iPhone

Eligible for our Auto Program

Pay$65,000—$90,000 USD

VEGA Americas manufactures, distributes, and services process instrumentation to measure level, density, weight, and pressure. Our products have been making industrial processes safer and more efficient for over 60 years.

As an employee, you’ll find VEGA Americas commits itself to the highest quality standards and respect for the individual needs of employees, customers, vendors, and shareholders. Don’t take it from us alone, VEGA has been awarded a Cincinnati Enquirer’s Top Workplace Award for 10 years running! 

Our Mission: With innovative technologies and services, we develop solutions that inspire. Through our sense of simplicity and our focus on people, we are looking to the future with curiosity. Locally grounded and globally connected, together we give values a home.

Our Values: Curiosity, Humanity, Simplicity, Connectivity

VEGA Americas, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy that we will not discriminate against any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, or veteran status.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE AA Minority/Female/Vet/Disability

Source: VEGA Americas careers (Greenhouse)

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