Mission Critical Sales Account Executive

CST Industries Inc
  • DeKalb, IL
    2 days ago

    Job Description

    Job Summary

    This remote role is responsible for driving business development efforts within the Mission Critical sector, with a focus on data centers and related infrastructure. The position involves identifying new opportunities, building strategic relationships with contractors, and expanding CST's footprint in high-growth markets. Travel requirement is 50-75%.

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Lead business development initiatives targeting Contractors, Mission Critical infrastructure, including data centers and high-demand industrial applications.
    • Develop and execute strategic plans to grow market share.
    • Maintain and update CRM systems with account details, opportunities, and pipeline metrics.
    • Represent CST at select industry events, trade shows, and conferences to promote brand and solutions.
    • Serve as liaison between customers, regional teams, and CST technical personnel.
    • Manage travel and expenses within budgetary guidelines.
    • Prepare regular reports on sales activities, forecasts, and market insights.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Education and Experience:

    • Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business administration, or related field.
    • Minimum 5 years of experience in business development, or capital equipment sales.
    • Proven experience in construction and/or data center infrastructure is highly preferred.
    • Strong organizational and time management skills.
    • Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, construction plans, and specifications.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

    Reasoning Ability:

    • Ability to solve practical problems and navigate complex customer environments.
    • Capable of interpreting instructions in various formats (written, oral, diagrammatic).

    Language Skills:

    • Skilled in writing business correspondence, reports, and proposals.
    • Comfortable presenting to executives, contractors, and industry stakeholders

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationDeKalb, IL

    Skills

    • Alliance/Partner Managementunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Business Administrationunmatched
    • Business Developmentunmatched
    • Business Skillsunmatched
    • Business Writingunmatched
    • Capital Equipmentunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Conferencesunmatched
    • Constructionunmatched
    • Construction Engineeringunmatched
    • Construction Managementunmatched
    • Construction Planningunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systemsunmatched
    • Expense Managementunmatched
    • Market Shareunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Network Operations Centerunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Reimbursement Guidelinesunmatched
    • Reporting Skillsunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Forecastingunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Sales Prospectingunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Systems Maintenanceunmatched
    • Technical Drawingunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Trade Showsunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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