Kao Corporation is hiring a
Water Treatment Specialist

Summary

Join Washing Systems' thriving team as a highly self-motivated Water Treatment Specialist. The successful candidate will maintain the stability and increase profitability of existing customer accounts, acquire new accounts, and identify new applications and technologies to increase revenue in WSI’s Water Treatment business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field; Chemical Engineering Degree is preferred; water treatment experience will be strongly considered in lieu of technical Degree
• Successful industrial water treatment sales and service experience preferred
• Working knowledge of ceramic filtration and wastewater treatment systems is preferred
• Ability to provide a consultative sales and service approach with an emphasis on strong account leadership skills and on selling competitive business
• Strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, and Word. Ability to learn internal business programs and applications
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high energy, team-oriented environment that requires high quality outcomes and service
• Ability to work effectively as a team member, able to reach consensus, achieve goals, and share information and knowledge

Responsibilities

• Generate and execute sales plans and strategies to close new Water Treatment opportunities in existing customer base, and in major, competitively-held accounts, to meet profit goals
• Work closely with current and prospective customers to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation plans that will maintain and grow sales
• Engage in problem solving by performing system analysis, interpreting data and providing written recommendations to ensure customer operations are performing at optimal levels
• Advise WSI Leadership on products and strategies to expand market share
• Provide requested technical support via email or phone to existing and potential Water Treatment customers
• Effectively interact and collaborate with WSI staff, providing support and direction
• Oversee administrative activities including, hours and cost tracking, preparing forecasting for growth, entering data into a CRM database, and creating reports