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Sales Director, Petroleum Industry

Company & Position Overview

Worldwide Power Products (WPP) is a small, but rapidly growing industrial sales company and recently named in Forbes as one of America's Most Promising Companies.  WPP is looking for a Sales Director with significant experience in the petroleum industry. For this role, we want the person to be highly motivated for sales but also to help us build a solid business model for expansion in the petroleum industry.  This person would be responsible for not only sales but also growing the company’s industry presence.

Duties of this position include:

• Undertake a strong leadership role on key Houston area petroleum accounts and global target accounts
• Responsible for developing new customers in Houston area and petroleum industry to the maximum potential
• Responsible for deliver product information to customers in territory
• Communicate with current and prospective customers to gather information and solicit business by phone.
• Work with inside sales support staff with quotes, equipment selection and sourcing to close orders.
• Maintain a working knowledge of all relevant customer issues, pricing and billing procedures, and collections status.
• Meet monthly, quarterly and annual sales volume and margin objectives.
• Represent company at industry meetings, trade shows and conferences.

Job Qualifications

•  Aggressive, ambitious, and highly competitive attitude

• Minimum of 10 years experience in Outside Sales in the petroleum industry
• Able to prospect new accounts by professional networking, industry research, and cold-calling.
• Able to negotiate and up sell with prospective customers.
• Effective time management, organization and multi-tasking skills.
• Very strong communication skills in person, by telephone and by email.
• Very good team player who should thrive under pressure.
• Comfort and strength navigating the Internet
• Able to provide effective strategic planning
• Ambition to earn a high income

• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time or more
• Proven track record of managing a $50MM sales portfolio 
• Proven ability to strengthen relationships with "key" accounts
• Experience in power generation is a plus

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.

If you are interested in applying for a position with Worldwide Power Products, please send an email to careers@wpowerproducts.com to receive further instructions.