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Position:    Sales Manager
Shift:          1st Shift
Location:   The Specialty Mfg. Co. – White Bear Lake, MN

Position Description:

The Sales Manager will manage and perform all daily sales functions, including managing new inquiries, managing projects, and managing accounts.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Salary: DOQ
• Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, Life Insurance
• 401K Profit Sharing of up to 25 % of an employee’s annual salary in the form of a 401K contribution
• 3 weeks of PTO after 90 days of employment
• Average of 9 paid holidays
• Paid day off for your annual physical
• Company paid Life Insurance, AD&D, LTD , and wage continuation

Duties and Responsibilities: (Not limited to the following)

• Sells to new and existing customer accounts.
• Works directly with customer’s Engineering, Quality, and Purchasing groups to develop and service accounts in assigned territories.
• Analyzes customer requirements and promotes products and appropriate solutions.
• Prepares and submits timely quotations to our customers. Inquiries may require simple verbal quotations or may involve extensive technical documents supplied to the customer.
• Maintains correspondence and quotation files.
• Interacts with other internal departments (e.g., Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, Customer Service) to ensure the proper handling of customer needs.
• Identifies new markets where The Specialty Mfg. Co. lacks coverage and identify potential new applications / products in existing markets.
• Participates in planning and formation of The Specialty Mfg. Co. marketing and sales strategy
• Assists in coordinating monthly performance spreadsheets, marketing promotions, literature, and competitive information.
• Travel as needed for customer meetings.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Strong Technical aptitude and experience in machining, injection molding, metal stamping and grinding preferred
• Ability to read Blueprints
• Solid organizational, mathematical, and analytical abilities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong social skills, ability to interact with employees and customers and vendors

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma required
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experiences in sales and marketing required
• A minimum of five years of sales experience
• Preferred manufacturing experience