Now Hiring - Caterpillar - Manufacturing Aftermarket Sales Representative in Bloomington, MN

Career Area:

Marketing / Sales / Product Support

Job Description:

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Caterpillar’s Construction Industries Services Division (CISD) is hiring an Aftermarket Sales Representative for our Retail and Small Core customers. Our Retail Reps focus on growing services and parts sales with customers who own fewer than 20 machines. This role is responsible for achieving sales targets through different channels like Over the Counter, Service Work Orders, and has an emphasis on leveraging ecommerce / digital sales solutions with our dealers as well, to help these customers succeed. The incumbent will cover part of the Midwest territory, being in charge of the following dealers: Fabick, Foley Equipment, Ziegler and Butler.

What will you do?

In this role, you will work with designated dealers to drive revenue and growth for the aftermarket solutions business in the assigned territory, communicate targets and follow established sales processes focused on the end customer. To achieve this growth, you will work closely with our dealer network as well as provide leadership, guidance and counsel to optimize dealer’ sales force and marketing processes effectiveness. You will also leverage the opportunity management systems and processes to Caterpillar’s benefit, while recognizing and respecting independence of the dealer.

Job Duties

• Deliver the annual total STU (Sales to User) business plan for the assigned dealer territories/customer segments

• Develop and execute aftermarket services marketing campaigns leveraging Marketing Leads for targeted customers in collaboration with dealers

• Track opportunity, participation and close rates and report in the CRM system

• Drive eCommerce adoption and sales growth with target customer segments, with focus on activating dormant customers

• Build relationships with dealer’s Product Support Sales Managers and their sales organization to influence sales force effectiveness

• Seek understanding, document, and communicate internally on target customer requirements, business models, competitive landscape and other market intelligence to ensure product groups and business partners are aware of product and customer needs

• Collaborate with assigned dealers to adopt sales funnel management methods in relation to target customer segments (like Prioritized Service Events).

• Optimize parts sales variance utilization within assigned budget to drive incremental top line revenue and key dealer actions

• Partner with dealers’ Parts & Service Sales Managers and their PSSR/ISR/Parts Counter organization to influence sales force effectiveness

• Keep up to date with industry trends, changing technology and market regulations in countries covered

• Manage within the allocated Travel & Entertainment budget

What You Have

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years (4) of professional experience

• 4+ years of experience in the areas of B2B account management or after-sales support

• Experience prioritizing, growing and executing plans to achieve metrics

• Experience analyzing data for trends and market insights to make business decisions

• Ability to travel (50 %)

Top Candidates Will Also Have

• Experience in digital sales, eCommerce, or marketing automation

• Strong negotiation skills: ability to influence and persuade as well as build strong relationships

• Self-starter with strong initiative, ability to work autonomously, positive attitude

• Strong time management and organization skills

• Excellent listening, adaptable communication style and presentation skills

• Works effectively in teams, making the team they are part of stronger

• Ability to translate challenging goals into clear action plans that deliver results

Additional Details:

• This is a travelling role (50%) covering retail customers within some of the Midwest dealer territories (Ziegler, Butler, Fabick and Foley Equipment)

• Preferred work location is Minneapolis, MN but Saint Louis, MO may also be considered

• Relocation assistance is available domestically

• ISE is not provided for this role

How We Support You (Employee Benefits)

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of a yearly bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days, paid volunteer days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued, and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website [please apply online] .

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Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at [please apply online]

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