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Area Sales Manager

SIMCO Electronics
  • Naperville, IL
    5 days ago

    Job Description

    Position Summary

    The Area Sales Manager drives growth in SIMCO's calibration and service portfolio by renewing existing customer agreements on time, implementing annual price increases, and expanding market share through new business acquisitions. This role requires consistent territory coverage, disciplined pipeline development, and skilled application of value-based selling. Success in this position comes from understanding customer motivations, differentiating SIMCO beyond price, and achieving strong, steady performance across all key measures.

    Key Outcomes: performance is measured by:

    • On-time renewal of service agreements
    • Implementation of annual price increases
    • Win a consistent monthly pace of new bookings
    • Growth in revenue net outside service costs
    • Prospecting new qualified pipeline

    Core Responsibilities:

    • Develop and execute a territory plan to grow revenue and market share
    • Maintain accurate pipeline and forecasting within CRM (Salesforce)
    • Conduct customer discovery to identify business drivers and decision criteria
    • Differentiate SIMCO's value proposition to win competitive opportunities
    • Drive deal progression and manage complex opportunities through a structured sales process
    • Collaborate with internal teams to drive customer satisfaction and retention
    • Review and inspect pipeline regularly to ensure deal quality and momentum
    • Accurately forecast a sufficient volume of new bookings to consistently achieve quota targets
    • Track key metrics such as win rate, deal cycle time, and renewal completion

    Qualifications:

    • Proven sales success with track record of meeting or exceeding quota
    • Strong territory management and prospecting skills
    • Demonstrated ability to sell value over price
    • Proficient in Salesforce or comparable CRM platforms
    • Resourceful sales professional with expertise in communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

    Behavioral and Cultural Competencies:

    Mission in Service: Contribute to successful mission to protect more people by delivering lifesaving quality, leaner

    Values: Make decisions that are consistent with our core values and guiding principles

    Trust: Obsess Over Customers, Don't Compromise On Quality, Respond Fast & Friendly

    Innovation: Find A Better Way, Lead By Being Lean, Attack The Problems

    Empathy: Learn & Grow, Serve As One SIMCO, Operate Like Owners

    Ideal Team Player: Operate and work with others as an ideal team player by being Humble, Hungry, and Smart

    Travel up to 50% is required for in-person customer engagement to sell renewal and new bookings

    What We Offer

    Full-time, exempt position, sign on bonus eligible

    Excellent benefits package Employer paid medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, retirement plan, employee funded pre-tax health, childcare spending accounts and tuition reimbursement.

    Paid time off with vacation, sick and holiday leave

    SIMCO provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, SIMCO complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

    About Us

    SIMCO Electronics is the leading provider of calibration and software services for test and measurement instruments used in technology organizations. To learn more about SIMCO Electronics please site our home page at: https://www.simco.com/.

    For the second year in a row, SIMCO has been named #1 on a list of "The Best Places to Work" in the Bay Area by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNaperville, IL
    IndustryOther/Not Classified
    Company Size1,000 to 1,499 employees
    Year Founded1989
    Websitehttps://www.simco.com

    About Company

    SIMCO Electronics is the leading provider of calibration and software services for test and measurement instruments used in technology organizations.

    Founded out of NASA in Silicon Valley, SIMCO is committed to providing the highest level of quality and customer service in the industry.

    Today SIMCO’s 22 calibration labs in North America, Europe, and Asia and its CERDAAC software serve over 3,000 organizations, including 15 of the top 20 global biomedical device manufacturers and 14 of the top 20 global aerospace and defense manufacturers.

    Skills

    • Calibrationunmatched
    • Customer Acquisitionunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
    • Customer Retention/Renewalunmatched
    • Customer Satisfactionunmatched
    • Electronicsunmatched
    • Exceeded Sales Goalunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Market Shareunmatched
    • Mergers and Acquisitionsunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Regional Salesunmatched
    • Revenue Growthunmatched
    • Revenue Planningunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Closing Skillsunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Sales Pipelineunmatched
    • Sales Prospectingunmatched
    • Salesforce.comunmatched
    • Software Testingunmatched
    • Territory Managementunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched

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