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Flowserve Corporation Sales Support Representative in Etten-Leur, Netherlands
Company Overview:
If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!
Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Driven by our Purpose, we are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With more than 16,000 employees in more than 50 countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. We support more than 10,000 customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally.
Join a company where the people challenge themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. You will be part of a team known for its industry-leading talent, unparalleled portfolio, and unmatched commitment to customer success. Flowserve’s culture promotes recognition and rewards creativity, hard work, and commitment. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.
Role Summary:
The Sales Support Representative (SSR) is the primary point of contact for the customer and collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and other departments to respond to customer inquiries. The position works with the Sales leadership team in driving key initiatives and helping the Flowserve to achieve its goals and maximize sales bookings and opportunity pipelines. The SSR will use data as a strategic asset to provide decision support, accurate planning of sales quota forecasting, and sales productivity reporting and efficiency analysis.
Responsibilities & Requirements:
Customer focused with a results-driven mindset.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, while ensuring effective communication and collaboration across varying functional/business platforms.
Ability to read technical documentation, including drawings and give advice to internal and external clients.
Experience in sales or customer service in an engineered manufacturing environment with proven success in administrating commercial and/or government contracts.
Demonstrate success in effective collaboration, problem-solving and relational engagement.
Lead coordination efforts on applicable aftermarket quotes while ensuring close collaboration and communication with all applicable stakeholders.
Review customer specifications and documents to apply current Flowserve technical and commercial requirements.
Drive daily tactical customer proposals in addition to support strategic offerings, as well as identified sales win back opportunities.
Partner with colleagues to drive quotation performance within region, and across the aligned product sites, while fully leveraging quoting tools for prioritization, quicker cycle times, shortened parts delivery times, and minimization of rework.
Manage and monitor the proposal throughout the entire bid cycle including updating and maintaining designated workload management tool, while monitoring hit-rate optimization.
Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of pump applications and types, a clear understanding of parts, programs, and processes to best drive solutions to our valued end user customers.
Maintain current, accurate and organized records of sales training, organization charts as well as other critical pieces of information needed to manage the sales engagement.
In collaboration with Sales leadership team ensure continuous improvement projects are executed and delivered to meet objectives.
Preferred Experience / Skills:
Vocational (MBO) or Bachelor Degree in a Technical study, preferably Mechanical, together with 3-5 years relevant working experience
Industry experience related to pumps/rotating equipment.
Experience with customer relationship management in the power generation and utility industries.
Promote a positive and professional working atmosphere, where the status quo is challenged to improve, and the team is driven toward creating an exceptional customer experience.
Strong problem-solving skills, able to work independently and be a team player with a global mindset and approach.
Excellent organizational skills, able to establish priorities and work to specific deadlines with little supervision.
Experience in Sales Force is beneficial and MS Office products.
Experience in pricing, contract review and ERP administration.
Req ID : R-8991
Job Family Group : Sales
Job Family : SA Sales Support
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