Technical Sales Representative - Cementing

Job Purpose:

Weatherford is hiring an experienced Technical Sales Representative – Cementing for Fort Worth, TX area.

Our Technical Sales Representative is responsible for building on a very high level of product line & operational knowledge and experience to proactively and strategically sell specific tools, technologies and services within their Segment portfolio. In alignment with the agreed sales plan, the FSR ensures a high level of product line & operational knowledge is provided to the client normally at the customers location; rig site, warehouse or workshop. Where the opportunity arises, they should proactively support the development of cross selling across the Segment(s).

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the Field Sales life cycle process, start to finish, stepping up to deliver on your responsibilities, is ultimately your accountability.
• Responsible for adopting consistent & effective use of the available Technology (SFDC.com, XAIT-Porter)
• Responsible for advising client whether or not the Company wishes to participate in the sale
• Responsible for discussing the technical specifications with the client & gaining client feedback
• Responsible for working with the appropriate internal resources to solve customer issues including service quality
• Understands and oversees the areas of business risk and works with their line Manager to ensure strategies exist to mitigate these as much as possible
• Understands customer’s needs and ensures products and services are positioned and understood by key decision makers in customer organizations.
• Responsible for responding to the Client Engagement Plan to enhance the profitability of the company through Weatherford provision of products and services to new & existing customers
• Proposes solutions to customers formally (through pitches, presentations, bids & tender submissions) and informally through networks, relationships, discussions
• Responsible for relaying competitive information back to the appropriate PL stakeholders, including pricing, product performance, marketing material, activities, new products/technology etc.
• Responsible for developing specific client application value propositions
• Identifies opportunities for new products and services for customers and liaises with Weatherford internal resources accordingly
• Visits customer worksites; Offices, Rig Sites, Warehouses/Workshops to make certain products and services meet customers’ expectations and to enhance Weatherford customer relationship
• Responsible for the generation of annual revenue targets through the creation and conversion of sales plans including growth strategies
• Take relevant actions to identify and address revenue ‘gaps’ for the year to ensure target achievement
• Assists Technical Sales Manager with formulation of sales strategies and annual budget and as a minimum undertakes quarterly reviews of their account plans with the TSM
• Take relevant actions to identify and address revenue ‘gaps’ for the year to ensure target achievement
• Accountable for delivering positive commercial results through strong negotiating skills which result in significant continuous improvements in margin performance
• Evaluates sales via the Technical Sales Manager and identifies ‘pull-through’ opportunities whenever possible
• Responsible for finalizing the upsell plan as per the BSA in conjunction with the Account Manager
• Supports line management in the efficient, effective and compliant use of resources in the support of Geozone sales.
• Promotes the highest possible values, principles and the Weatherford culture to their team
• Supports cohesion and common purpose in a changing environment to all sales related personnel