About This Role
This Territory Manager role oversees a coal-focused territory, driving sales growth and managing distribution relationships for conveyor systems. The position suits a sales professional with a proven record of growth, an entrepreneurial spirit, and excellent time management skills, who can create demand at targeted customers and solve problems.
Responsibilities
- Represent Flexco with a professional, knowledgeable, and positive attitude
- Drive sales growth across industries that use belt conveyors such as mining, aggregate, agriculture, food production, and wood products by engaging users, specifiers, influencers, and buyers, and by identifying new opportunities and markets
- Conduct a significant number of in-person end-user calls to maintain contact, provide support, demonstrate products, and deliver productivity-focused solutions
- Build lasting end-user and customer relationships that generate demand, deliver value-added solutions for unique application needs, and win new and existing business
- Manage a network of distributors within the assigned territory, including joint selling, training, inventory support, and ongoing performance evaluation
- Train distributors and customers on Flexco products, installation, troubleshooting, and service
- Ensure territory spending drives the greatest possible sales return and remains well-documented and accountable
- Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape and serve as a trusted industry authority and go-to source for information, solutions, and products
- Manage and update the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database and maintain accurate end-user, distributor, and industry intelligence
- Shape territory direction through annual sales and market planning
- Support internal Flexco functions such as training, product development, field testing, and market research as required
Requirements
- Minimum of 3–5 years of successful outside industrial selling experience with a proven track record is preferred
- Material handling or belting industry experience is preferred
- Exposure to the coal industry is required
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field will be a plus
- Must be very autonomous and able to work independently 90% of the time
- Comfort working in environments requiring moderate physical effort, including occasionally lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 45 pounds; walking conveyors and belt lines; standing for extended periods; and sitting, kneeling, or working in other positions as needed
- May be required to work in confined spaces or at elevated heights
- Domestic travel up to 40%, including overnight travel
- Full-time residence within the assigned territory; candidates in or near West Virginia are preferred