Area Manager - California
GE Water & Process Technologies has an immediate opening for an Area Manager. The Area Manager demonstrates leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes for an area or business segment. In this role you will utilize experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and have the ability to effect short-term and long-term business goals within the Middle Market industries.
- Serve as a player / coach focused on growing and maintaining customer base, while coaching and mentoring the sales representatives in the field of assigned territory
- Responsible for growth of new accounts as well as focus on maintaining existing accounts
- Work with current customers and prospects to meet desired sales and service needs
- Work with growth team to create sales campaigns to sell new to businesses
- Train / coach sales representatives in the assigned territory on role responsibilities
- Learns and maintains awareness of all safety and environmental practices
Requirements:
- Bachelors of Science Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Industrial, or Mechanical), Biology or Chemistry OR Bachelor’s Degree in any related discipline with at least 5 years of work experience and/or 3 years of Military Experience
- At least 5 additional years of sales experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in the water treatment field
- Experience within the middle market industry
- Ability to effectively manage time and budget or expense parameters
- Possess solid communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Possess a proven performance record or show that he/she has the aptitude to succeed in a relationship driven business
- Demonstrated computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
We are GE. We’re a global infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. And we are taking the strengths that have made us an industry leader and putting them to work in service of a new era of global business, with a focus on the world and the people we share it with. Through initiatives like ecomagination and healthymagination, we are developing the next generation of products and services to improve the way we use resources, impact our communities and care for each other. Join GE and you’ll discover a career opportunity of incredible diversity – across disciplines and around the globe. No other company invests in the development, training and advancement of its employees the way we do, because we believe it is our innovative thinking that is our strength, and that strength is what enables GE to make a positive impact on tomorrow, today. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, and medical imaging to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services. GE is imagination at work
GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company, is an industry leader in solving the world’s most pressing water reuse, industrial, irrigation, municipal, and drinking water needs. Through desalination, advanced membrane, separation solutions, and water reuse and wastewater management and process technologies, GE delivers added value to its customers. GE provides value by improving performance and product quality, reducing operating costs, and extending equipment life through a broad range of products and services that are designed to optimize total performance; protect customers’ assets; prevent fouling and scaling; and safeguard the environment through water conservation and energy reduction. For more information on GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies, visit
Company Description:
GE is planning for tomorrow. Where will you be? For more than 125 years, GE has been respected for its performance and innovative spirit. GE people worldwide are dedicated to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services that help solve some of the world's toughest problems. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued?
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