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Marmon Holdings

Diversified conglomerate of autonomous manufacturing businesses.

Territory Sales Manager

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTexas, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, or 3–5 years of related experience or training; an equivalent combination is accepted.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively with customers and employees.
  • Working math skills, including arithmetic, computing rates, ratios, and percentages, and interpreting bar graphs.
  • Proficiency with contact management or customer relationship management systems, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
  • Understanding and application of 80/20 business principles.
  • Current driver's license.
  • Ability to travel up to 85% of the time.
  • Ability to talk or hear regularly; stand, walk, sit, handle or feel objects, and reach with hands and arms frequently; and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Frequent job-site visits are required, and climbing ladders and walking on roofs or similar surfaces may be required as applicable.

Responsibilities

  • Increase sales by identifying opportunities and forming business partnerships with new and existing customers.
  • Build prospect lists and develop a targeted pipeline using industry sources, including directories, trade shows, web sources, and referrals.
  • Develop strategies to achieve the sales plan through disciplined 80/20 sales processes.
  • Travel throughout the assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers, build relationships, and solicit orders.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with customer contacts, including owners, executives, purchasing, accounts payable, and other stakeholders as needed.
  • Coordinate customer training and support adoption of products and programs.
  • Identify and communicate customer ownership, personnel, and location changes to company leadership.
  • Display and demonstrate products using samples or catalogs and communicate their value and differentiators.
  • Quote pricing and credit terms within guidelines and prepare sales contracts for orders obtained.
  • Prepare reports of business transactions and manage expense accounts in accordance with policy.
  • Conduct market research and stay current on market trends, competition, and customer expectations.
  • Partner with branch locations to keep account activities, challenges, and needs current and visible.
  • Participate in trade shows and association expos as required to support growth and relationship development.
  • Participate in segment strategy and support voice-of-the-customer discovery to identify end-user outcomes that inform differentiated product and service solutions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Strong customer-facing presence and ability to build trust and influence across customer organizations.
  • Proven track record of new customer acquisition and profitable account growth.
  • High execution discipline in pipeline management, follow-through, and accurate forecasting and reporting.
  • Comfort operating independently in a large territory while partnering effectively with internal stakeholders.
  • Strategic and analytical thinking, including market insight, opportunity identification, and sound judgment.
  • Customer partnership and service orientation, including responsiveness, credibility, and relationship depth.
  • Commercial execution skills involving pricing, terms, contracts, results orientation, and profitability focus.
  • Clear written and verbal communication and effective presentation skills.
  • Project and territory management, including planning, prioritization, and on-time delivery.
  • Professionalism, ethics, and accountability.
  • Collaboration and organizational alignment involving branches, leadership, and internal coordination.

About the Company

Marmon Holdings

Diversified conglomerate of autonomous manufacturing businesses.

Marmon Holdings is a Berkshire Hathaway company that consists of more than 120 autonomous businesses operating across numerous industries and markets worldwide. Each subsidiary runs its own operations, focusing on designing, manufacturing, and delivering a wide range of products and services in its sector. Because the group is made up of many independent units under a common parent, it combines diversification with centralized ownership and oversight. Marmon’s approach lets individual businesses specialize and compete locally while sharing resources, best practices, and capital as part of Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio. The company’s goal is to provide value to customers and shareholders by building a broad, resilient collection of industrial brands and capabilities that span different markets and product types.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
1953

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