NORTH AMERICA SALES MANAGER (WATER QUALITY)

Badger Meter is looking to hire a North America Sales Manager to promote our solutions with our current and future customers nationwide within the Water Quality division. Join a growing organization with very strong business growth!  Badger Meter is a corporate leader in promoting and enabling sustainability and is among the top 10% of most sustainable companies. Through our customers' use of our products worldwide to our sustainable operational practices and our dedicated workforce, Badger Meter makes a large, measurable impact in helping the world conserve its most precious natural resources.

Base location for this position can be anywhere in the United States. This person reports to the Senior Director of Flow Instrumentation and Water Quality Sales and will manage 5 focused team members in the water quality markets.  This role will be key in understanding key applications within the smart water cycle, with demonstrated success in implementing key technologies to those applications.

As a key contributor to Badger Meter’s sales organization, this individual will be responsible for recruiting, training and managing an elite selling force that will grow sales and distribution efforts serving markets in the United States and Canada. The individual will be expected to develop an effective strategic selling plan, provide information on market trends, technical product changes needed to meet market demands, participate regularly in trade shows and exhibits, and conduct special sales support projects and activities as required. This position requires regular, planned visits to established and new potential accounts for the purpose of securing sales and gaining market share.

Main Job Duties:

• Ensure the team conducts all activity in such a manner as to comply with all governmental requirements applicable to the sale of Badger Meter’s products.
• The primary focus of the Sales Manager is to develop a clearly defined path forward through a strategic plan that will grow and sustain sales.
• Remain proficient and up–to-date in products, both with Badger Meter products and with competitive product offerings.
• Assist with presentations to key prospects, target accounts, and customers.
• Respond to customer and prospect inquiries, RFP / Bid requests and questions in a timely manner as required.
• Provide progress of sales projects at reasonable intervals or in response to specific inquiries.
• Stay abreast of and communicate to sales and marketing competitor changes, new strategies, pricing, introduction of new products, or changes in existing products.

Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of related experience in Water Quality
• Willingness to travel 50- 75% of the time
• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Engineering preferred
• Management experience preferred
• Experience in a multi-channel business model
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office
• Ability to manage a team and set goals
• Strategic problem-solving
• Strong communication skills including presentation (written and verbal)
• Ability to multi-task and set priorities
• Project managements skills
• Ability to work in a cross-functional environment