Outside Sales Representative – Industrial Motors & Drives

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Outside Sales Representative growing ESR Motor Systems’ industrial motor and drive business across North Georgia and Central/Eastern Tennessee. Developing accounts, solving equipment problems, and building profitable territories.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute a territory plan, consistently prospect for new industrial customers, and generate profitable, long-term growth
  • Spend meaningful time at customer facilities learning their operations, critical equipment, maintenance practices, production priorities, and recurring problems
  • Identify root causes, prevent future problems, and uncover opportunities to improve reliability and uptime
  • Develop and apply knowledge of ESR’s offerings, providing customers with information about products, applications, alternatives, and services
  • Respond with urgency, communicate next steps clearly, keep customers informed, and follow through from initial conversation through delivery and after-sale support
  • Coordinate ESR’s inside-sales team, technical resources, and manufacturer partners while remaining accountable for the customer experience
  • Prepare solution-based proposals, negotiate terms, close profitable business, and earn customer loyalty
  • Maintain an accurate CRM pipeline, document customer activity, and provide reliable forecasts and follow-up

Requirements:

  • Three or more years of successful outside sales experience in an industrial or technical market
  • Experience selling industrial equipment, electrical products, automation, MRO products, power transmission equipment, or related technical products
  • Demonstrated ability to prospect independently, open new accounts, and generate profitable business
  • Technical curiosity and ability to understand customer operations, ask effective questions, and translate problems into practical solutions
  • Strong sense of urgency, personal accountability, responsiveness, and follow-through
  • Ability to independently organize and manage a geographically defined, home-based sales territory
  • Strong communication skills and CRM proficiency
  • Ability to work with customers at all organizational levels
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Regular travel availability
  • North Georgia residency or willingness to relocate
  • Preferred: direct sales experience with electric motors, variable frequency drives, gearboxes, or related industrial electrical products
  • Preferred: existing relationships with industrial customers in Georgia and Tennessee
  • Preferred: consistent record of meeting or exceeding sales and gross-profit objectives

Benefits:

  • 100% employer-paid employee-only medical and dental premiums
  • Choice of an HSA medical plan or a traditional copay plan, with employer-funded HRA support
  • Voluntary vision coverage
  • Company-paid life insurance with voluntary supplemental coverage available
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching and profit-sharing contributions
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
  • Guaranteed minimum total compensation for the first 12 months
  • Uncapped commission based primarily on gross profit
  • Additional bonuses for meeting and exceeding performance targets
  • Full reimbursement of reasonable business-related expenses
  • Company-provided phone and laptop
  • Eligibility for a company vehicle based on sustained sales performance
  • High autonomy and ownership of your assigned territory
  • Fast, experienced inside-sales and quoting support
  • Direct access to company leadership and responsive decision-making
  • Manufacturer-supported technical and product training
  • Opportunity to advance into sales or branch leadership