Outside Sales - Technical Specialist - Forberg Smith

Location: Columbus, OH, United States; customer visitation and offsite travel required

Company

hirify.global is an employee-owned company with eight divisions and more than 75 locations across ten states, serving electrical, automation, pipe, valve, fitting, steam, lighting, industrial controls, and instrumentation markets.

What you will do

• Manage, grow, and strategize for an assigned customer territory.
• Generate profitable orders and meet or exceed annual sales targets.
• Prospect for new customers and expand the territory.
• Develop trusted relationships with customers and manufacturers.
• Present products, monitor quotations, follow up professionally, and maximize sales conversions.
• Analyze field activities and improve productivity, efficiency, and sales performance.

Requirements

• Minimum one year of outside sales experience.
• Bachelor’s degree, technical degree, or equivalent combination of skills and experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software.
• Strong communication, influencing, negotiation, problem-solving, analytical, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to operate a vehicle.
• Ability to travel for customer visits and offsite work activities.

Nice to have

• Two years of sales experience.
• Experience with process control instruments, including level, flow, pressure, temperature, valves, analysis, and filtration.
• Knowledge of industrial markets such as power generation, chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, biotech, food and beverage, semiconductor, water treatment, automotive, aerospace, steel, manufacturing, R&D, OEM, EPC, and industrial contracting.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee ownership with opportunities to develop and grow professionally.
• Coaching and mentoring support.
• Collaborative work with an established Midwest sales team covering multiple states.
• Normal office environment with reasonable accommodations available for qualified individuals with disabilities.