Job Description

As the industry leader in water technology, were growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the worlds most vital resource.Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, seeks a Technical Service Representative to join its industry leading sales and service team. Youll be responsible for partnering with Sales Representatives on executing service plans in district accounts, and in addition, will grow revenue and profit for your own territory. This role will expand your responsibilities towards a career in technical sales. Youll develop a consultative sales approach and will build relationships with existing customers by executing system assurance programs that meet their key business needs. With strong account leadership, youll also convert strategic competitive accounts and sell new technologies to current customers.Whats in it For You:

• You will join a growth company offering a competitive base salary, bonus structure and benefits
• A company vehicle and cell phone
• A long term, advancing career path in service, sales or management
• Access to the industrys most innovative training programs
• A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection
• Pride in working for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments

What You Will Do:

• Provide routine service support to Sales Representatives in strategic district accounts to execute agreed upon customer system assurance and continuous improvement plans
• Support current customers, in your own defined territory, to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation plans that will maintain and grow sales
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in your territory and in district accounts you support
• Generate and execute sales plans in your existing customer base and with prospective customers to meet defined profit increase goals. Target % sales time will be approximately

X%

• Provide technical support to customers; identifying and resolving customer challenges, escalating as required
• Engage in problem solving by performing system analysis, interpreting data and providing written recommendations to ensure customer operations are performing at optimal levels
• Actively sell and support Nalco innovations and technology in both your own assigned territory and in the strategic district accounts where you provide service support to other District Sales Representatives

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overnight travel requiredAs a trusted partner, your customers will rely on you for their success. Nalco Water is committed to seeing you succeed and provides innovative training programs to ensure youre prepared to solve any customer problem.Training programs are held in the field and at Nalco Water Headquarters in Naperville, IL; travel is arranged and paid for by Nalco Water. Based on your skill level and experience, topics covered may include technology, product, service, business and industry acumen, direct coaching and mentoring, sales management and leadership, classroom training and certifications.If applicable, relocation assistance would be provided for the right candidateMinimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 2 years of technical sales or field sales support experience
• Possess a valid Driver's License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must have a strong mechanical aptitude
• Bachelors degree in engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial) or life sciences (biology, chemistry, etc.)
• Water treatment or specialty chemical industry experience
• Working knowledge of

boilers, cooling towers, and wastewater treatment systems
OR
paper machine operations, wet end chemistry, pulp mill operations
operations, wet end chemistry, pulp mill operationsAbout Nalco Water:In a world with increasing water shortage and contamination challenges, Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, helps customers conserve more than 161 billion gallons of water each year. We work with customers across the world in the light industry (institutional, food & beverage, transportation and manufacturing), heavy industry (chemical, power and primary metals industries), paper and mining operations to reduce, reuse, and recycle their water while protecting their systems and equipment. Nalco Water provides the unique opportunity to work with a broad suite of technologies to deliver automated monitoring systems, data analysis and deep technical expertise to increase efficiency, sustainability and performance for our customers.

Ecolab