Saint-Gobain North America ยท 8 hours ago
Technical Sales Manager
Saint-Gobain North America is a global leader in designing and manufacturing materials for the construction and industrial markets. The Technical Sales Manager will be responsible for selling products from the Omniseal Solutions portfolio to industrial and distribution partners, managing customer relations, and leading technical projects.
Building MaterialReal Estate
Responsibilities
Visits prospective and existing accounts and determines specific applications for seal usage. Be a subject matter expert on customer applications to provide leadership for projects and customers
Completes technical service requests for quotations or project action requests for engineering and/or design and pricing considerations
Provides technical advice on appropriate seal materials, designs and configurations to customers
Communicates and presents product line and company capabilities to customers. Capable of working directly on a technical level with internal and external engineers
Coordinates communication between our organization and customer engineering to see projects evolve into new business
Interfaces with customers on pricing, quality and delivery information; provides product samples as required
Researches and develops competitive data and potential market opportunities
Negotiates complex long term agreements with strategic customers
Qualification
Required
BS Degree in a technical field is required with a minimum of 5+ year(s) sales experience
Consideration may be given to those in lieu of a technical degree with a non-technical bachelor's degree and 8+ years' sales experience
Must have ability to read blueprints and ability to interface and collaborate with Engineers on technical aspects of the product application
Proven relationship building skills and commercial awareness
Ability to understand the customer's business needs and identify and execute plans to deliver to them
Effective influencing and communication skills, with the ability to understand and explain technical concepts to different levels
Excellent analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills
Project Management Skills: leadership in coordinating new customers' projects and managing timelines across the organization
Can solve difficult and sometimes complex problems
Preferred
5+ years' experience with B2B sales (with a focus on technical component sales is preferred)
Benefits
Annual bonus
Company
Saint-Gobain North America
Saint-Gobain North America is a building materials company that provides interior and exterior building products
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
2025-11-29
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