Now Hiring - Linde - Account Manager in Cleveland, OH

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About Linde:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2022 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit [please apply online] Pittsburg, PA or Cleveland, OH

Job Overview:

Linde has an exciting opening for a sales professional with our bulk industrial gas division covering the Western Pennsylvania or Northeast Ohio area. The successful candidate will assume accountability for an existing customer base as well as develop and win new business opportunities in the assigned geography and select national accounts.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Deliver profitable sales growth consistent with Linde’s overall objectives
• Establish and maintain relationships with decision makers and end users at current and potential customers
• Work with the technical sales team to develop and win new business opportunities
• Manage the sales cycle for new opportunities: prospecting, qualifying, working with technical sales to developing solutions, creating proposals, and contract negotiation
• Understand the value of Linde's products and application technology in developing pricing recommendations. Recognize and expand opportunities at existing customers by bringing solutions and value to customers
• Develop a strategic account plan for each customer, including needs analysis, growth strategy and a renegotiation plan
• Serve as escalation point for other customer facing parts of the organization such as service, logistics, and billing
• Collect, analyze, and report competitive activity in assigned geography
• Thoroughly understand, communicate, and negotiate Linde's supply contracts.

Qualifications:

• Three or more years of business sales experience/interactions. Prior sales experience in bulk industrial gases a plus.
• Demonstrated experience of lead generation and signing new prospects a strong plus.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and time management skills
• Attention to detail, especially with regard to writing, negotiating, interpreting, and discussing Linde’s supply contracts.
• Bachelor's Degree. STEM degree a plus.
• Ability to be assigned a company vehicle for regular travel in assigned geography and occasional overnight travel
• Proficiency in Word and PowerPoint for developing internal and external presentations and proposals
• Proficiency in Excel to analyze customer portfolio and opportunity value
• Strong computer and browser skills for business and account management software

At Linde, we strive to create a work environment that treats all employees with respect, supports new thoughts and ideas, encourages growth and development, celebrates our differences, and embraces inclusion. Linde is committed to remaining an employer of choice for the diverse, ever-increasing pool of global talent. To learn more, visit About Linde.

We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, health, dental, disability, life insurance, 401(k) (with matching), and pension benefits.

Linde thanks all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview will be contacted.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $105,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Company car
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Parental leave
• Travel reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 3 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Travel requirement:

• Travel

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Industrial Gases: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person