Entry Level Controls Specialist

TITLE: Entry Level Controls Specialist

DEPARTMENT: Industrial/OEM Sales

REPORTS TO: VP of Sales

TERRITORY: Buffalo, Syracuse, Auburn, Rochester, Albany

SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS:

Support the promotion and sales activities for specifically assigned products from the Power-Flo Technologies line card.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gain knowledge of PFT Products and services for which the position is responsible
• Customer sales activities to include product demonstrations, competitive cross references, quotations, set up and administer pricing contracts, input to PFT for customer inventory requirements.
• Gain basic knowledge of PFT vendor’s product offerings to be able to identify additional sales opportunities
• Weekly Sales Call Reporting and Sales Call Planning
• Work with PFT Account Managers to support targeting and closing customers and project opportunities
• Establish and maintain a frequency of sales calls in Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and the Southern Tier, with the assigned Account Manager. Communicate the schedule to the Account Managers in those territories for their input and participation as necessary
• Cultivate strong business relationships with all PFT vendor salespeople for assistance in product sales efforts and sales growth
• Develop contact database for the purpose of growing a strong and accurate mailing list for further marketing by PFT
• Attend vendor product training classes as required by PFT sales management and/or PFT vendor programs
• Utilization of PFT and Vendor resources for account penetration and sales growth
• Occasional overnight travel is required (territory covers between Buffalo and Albany)

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Control Specialist Sales Engineer
• Vice President, Industrial/OEM sales
• Account Managers
• Inside Sales
• Customer Service
• Application Engineering
• Purchasing

EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 2- or 4-Year College Degree, Technical or Engineering
• Business to Business sales experience preferred
• Knowledge and use of a PC

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to Operate a Motor Vehicle
• Valid and Clean NYS Driver’s License

Hourly Rate Range: $19 - $24 per hour

Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• PTO Program and Paid Holidays

About Us

We are an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa currently. Power-Flo Technologies and its subsidiaries participate in the USCIS E-Verify Program to verify that all new hires are authorized to work in the United States.

Power-Flo Technologies is a unique Family of Companies consisting of distributors, fabricators, manufacturers and motor and pump repair firms serving the New York metropolitan and New England areas. We are a Master Distributor and Manufacturers Representative with REAL SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS.