Sales Director – Fuels & Lubricants

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Sales Director closing enterprise and mid-market deals for Anova’s IIoT tank-monitoring platform. Driving ROI-based sales, renewals, and growth among fuels and lubricant distributors in Germany.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the full sales cycle for Enterprise and Mid-Market prospects, converting qualified BDR-sourced opportunities into closed-won business
  • Land new logos across Anova’s target verticals by qualifying, developing, and advancing inbound and outbound pipeline with BDRs
  • Connect Anova’s IIoT tank-monitoring and telemetry capabilities to prospects’ inventory, logistics, and asset-utilization challenges
  • Lead executive-level discovery and value-based presentations that quantify customer ROI
  • Build and manage accurate pipeline and forecasts, advancing deals through every stage to hit quota
  • Kick off customer training and enablement for hardware, installation, and mobile apps; the CSM completes the training
  • Complete tier 2 and 3 support requests escalated by the CSM
  • Coordinate with Sales Engineers and/or CSMs on product demonstrations and technical barrier removal
  • Maintain expertise in Anova’s IIoT portfolio, competitive landscape, and industry best practices
  • Maintain accurate opportunity and account data in Salesforce
  • Finalize contract terms and pricing, partnering with Sales Engineering on data collection and integration handoff
  • Build renewal plans beginning six months before contract end, flagging risks or expansion opportunities and securing renewal terms
  • Travel as needed to meet prospects and customers and represent Anova at industry events

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
  • 5+ years of experience in enterprise or mid-market B2B sales, with a track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota
  • Experience managing a full sales cycle in complex, multi-stakeholder deals with 6+ month cycles
  • Experience with value-based/consultative selling and delivering ROI-driven presentations to executive-level stakeholders
  • Experience negotiating and finalizing contract terms and pricing
  • Proficiency with Salesforce or comparable CRM for pipeline and forecast management
  • Ability to travel to meet with prospects/customers and represent Anova at industry events
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering across sales engineering, customer success, or technical teams to close and grow accounts
  • Self-starter with strong time and territory management skills
  • Full professional proficiency in English, both oral and written
  • Experience selling into the fuels, lubricants, or oil & gas distribution industry preferred
  • Experience in supply chain, logistics, chemical distribution, or other industrial verticals preferred
  • Experience in IIoT, industrial technology, SaaS, or telemetry/monitoring solutions preferred
  • Familiarity with MEDDIC/MEDDPICC or Challenger preferred
  • Experience owning renewal/expansion motions preferred
  • Ability to learn and position new technology hardware/cloud-based platforms against competitive alternatives preferred

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation and reward strategies
  • Health and finance benefits
  • Recognition and reward
  • Opportunities for growth and advancement
  • Benefits supporting life and well-being