Puffer-Sweiven · 4 hours ago
Account Manager - DCS Systems and Reliability Solutions
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expPuffer-Sweiven is a leader in equipment and services for process control and reliability solutions. The Account Manager will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key decision-makers, understanding customer needs, and developing strategies to maximize business opportunities.
ElectronicsManufacturing
Responsibilities
Identify, establish, and maintain business relationships with management level decision makers and other personnel who have influence in the decision process
Maintain a thorough understanding of the customer’s business, including; their products and processes, markets served, key customers, industry dynamics that effect the customer’s business and events that influence the customers profits
Maintain a thorough understanding of the customer’s business drivers and key objectives to support development of account strategies
Maintain a thorough knowledge and understanding of all Products and Services included in the assigned Company Business Unit portfolio
Identify and maintain accurate records of the customers’ organization and the politics that influence decision-making. Identify decision makers and others in the organization that have influence on these decision makers
Develop and maintain an account strategy that maximizes the business relationship for the Company, including crafting the value proposition that sustains the business relationship
Promote the high level “umbrella” or positioning, messages for the Company and the principals we represent to management level contacts in assigned accounts. These messages should directly influence the decision to purchase the Product and Service deliverables from the Company and the principals we represent
Provide regular status reports to Sales and Service Management of the progress on account objectives and other metrics established for assigned accounts
Secure new business for the Products and Services in the represented business unit
Support business unit and sales team initiatives and events as identified by the business unit manager
Qualification
Required
BS/BA degree required in a discipline that supports a technical knowledge of the business
Detailed knowledge of the sales process as applied at a management level with a history of success in using this process
Strong knowledge of the specific business and industry of the Company
7+ Years direct technical sales and marketing experience to large key accounts; 3-5 years of successful technical sales within our industry or related markets
Strong written and oral communication skills, including presentation skills
Demonstrated ability to interface with and influence with senior level executives – Professionalism – Rapport/trust building skills
Strong prospecting/opportunity skills. Innovative in selling and servicing approach
Strong strategic thinker with solid technical skills
Solid interpersonal skills; specifically including engaged listening and acknowledging skills, as well as questioning and discovery skills
Team Player; good conflict management /consensus building skills
Problem solver. Uses good judgment and approaches opportunities strategically
Strong drive and initiative - motivated. Displays Win/Win Negotiating skills
Ability to manage customer expectations relative to deliverables and timeframes. Strong Customer Service Skills, including the ability to develop rapport and trust with customers
Strong Business Acumen. Recognizes complimentary solutions
Strong drive and initiative. Motivated. Displays Win/Win Negotiating skills
Good information management skills, including personal computer skills
Exhibits strong self-management skills including a high degree of professionalism and dependability
Company
Puffer-Sweiven
For over 70 years, Puffer-Sweiven has set the standard in equipment and services for process control, automation, safety, and reliability.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (3)
2024 (1)
2023 (3)
2022 (1)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Daniel Storey, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Douglas Sellers
Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Reliability Solutions Business Unit Leader
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