EPC Pump Sales
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in engineering or a similar field.
- Fluency in English.
- Extensive understanding of the engineering contractor process, from feasibility through construction.
- Thorough understanding of tender processes and technical specifications, with the ability to translate requirements into product sales strategies.
- Confidence in proactively developing engineering accounts and challenging customers to accept new ideas.
- Understanding of customer objectives, identifying new accounts, and translating them into a strategic vision for implementation.
- After training, ability to size and select pumps and produce new equipment proposals using Ruhrpumpen quotation and customer relationship management tools.
- Availability and willingness to travel to customer locations up to 50% of the time.
- Serve as the single point of contact for customers in the assigned territory, regularly calling on them to grow business across project market segments in accordance with established guidelines.
- Grow business in all project market segments by regularly calling on assigned customers to ensure Ruhrpumpen is invited, considered, and potentially preferred by key stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain active relationships with buying influences and establish new relationships to grow customer and territory interactions through Ruhrpumpen offerings and solutions.
- Identify ways to extend relationships with existing customers by defining needs and applying suggested solutions that may benefit customer metrics.
- Represent Ruhrpumpen products as defined in sales strategies.
- Partner with customers to understand project specifications and scope requirements so proposals meet those requirements.
- Negotiate orders, including technical, commercial, and legal terms and conditions, to the mutual satisfaction of all parties.
- Travel to customer locations to maintain close and regular face-to-face contact in accordance with company guidelines.
- Entertain customers regularly during and outside normal business hours.
- Manage customer and territory communications and interactions through daily customer relationship management updates and forecasts, including industry, market, and account competitive analysis to support management strategy development.
- Maintain all company tools in good working order.
- German, Dutch, and/or French language skills may be beneficial to the region or role.
About the company
Ruhrpumpen designs, manufactures, and services centrifugal and reciprocating pumps for oil and gas, chemical, and water treatment. Pumps are sized and selected using the Global Proposal System and are built to API, ANSI, and ISO standards, with an in-house foundry producing gray iron, ductile iron, low-carbon steel, and stainless steel to support vertical integration. The company differentiates itself through its own materials capability, standards-driven products, and a system that helps customers choose the right pump for their needs, plus maintenance and performance-optimization services. Its goal is to provide reliable, high-quality pumping solutions worldwide while offering installation and service support to improve operational efficiency.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Monterrey, Mexico
Founded
1950
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- AC Fire Pump closes July 2, 2026, expanding cross-sell and technical support.
- Egypt plant exports are expanding through Enppi, Petrojet, EMC, and Petromaint partnerships.
- Changzhou leadership visit in 2025 signals China operations remain strategically relevant.
What critics are saying
- Two January 2026 NLRB charges in Tulsa signal active labor conflict.
- Russian divestiture talks in December 2025 expose sanctions and exit risk.
- Fire-pump competition with Pentair and Armstrong compresses specs and margins in 2026.
What makes Ruhrpumpen unique
- July 2026 AC Fire Pump acquisition deepens Ruhrpumpen’s fire-protection portfolio.
- Global manufacturing in Mexico, the U.S., Germany, Brazil, and Argentina speeds delivery.
- Foundry vertical integration supports API, ANSI, and ISO pump quality control.
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Benefits
- Remote Work Options