Ford-Gelatt, a SunSource company, supplies industrial process equipment to the process industries with a focus on adding value. Our team at Ford-Gelatt is technically sound and highly experienced with industry leading brands. We provide technical added-value in equipment sales in Louisiana, Mississippi, and SE Texas. www.ford-gelatt.com
The position will be responsible for sales and customer support of fluid process equipment and services. In this position you will specifically prepare proposals and quotes of pumps and mixers to provide technical solutions for customers. This is to be accomplished by working as a team with the outside sales Account Managers and inside support staff. A key objective is to maximize the company's profit margins while maintaining a positive relationship with our customers and suppliers. this is an onsite position based in our Baton Rouge, LA office.
Essential Functions
Learn the products that we represent, their appropriate applications, their strengths and weaknesses, as well as our competitor's capabilities
Prepare proposals and quotes of pumps and mixers to provide technical solutions for customers
Learn each supplier's sizing and selection program and procedure
Develop quotations for our customers for our equipment and maintain internal files
Enter orders in our order handling system after review of customer order to confirm consistency with our proposal
Develop working relationships with our suppliers and factory personnel
Develop relationships with our customers so that they think of our Company first for their rotating equipment needs
Work with our customers to resolve any warranty issues should they occur
Work w/ other inside sales staff to increase productivity and efficiency
Experience, Education and Skills
BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred; equivalent combination work experience, training and/or technical education will be considered.
Some inside sales or technical support experience is a plus.
Fluid process manufacturing or distribution environment is a plus.