Sales Rep, Oil Flooded – San Jose Region
Taken at the midpoint of its range, $115,000/yr, this role pays less than the middle Account Executive opening on the board today ($125k/yr); the usual band for that kind of seat is $82.5k–$320k/yr.
The posting
Location
Michigan City, Indiana, United States
Job ID
R0030813
Date Posted
2023-09-12
Company Name
HITACHI GLOBAL AIR POWER US, LLC
Profession (Job Category)
Sales, Marketing & Product Management
Job Schedule
Full time
Remote
No
Summary of the position
The Direct Channel Sales Representative is responsible to direct, support and oversee all aspects of Sullair's Sales Growth Strategy to increase and grow sales, profit and exceed annual sales and territory objectives for all Oil Flooded products.
Territory Includes: San Jose Region
Salary: $97,000 - $133,000
Duties and responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day sales activities, pipelines, distributor/channel partner concerns, work with management team to negotiate and approve all sales agreements, ensure account profitability, manage customer complaints and issues.
- Create and implement strategies to exceed sales objective for the territory.
- Manage territory to budgeted resources.
- Provide sales support to distributors/channel partners.
- Expand relationships and identify opportunities with current and new distributors/channel partners to aggressively grow sales volume.
- Communicate and implement marketing programs & product updates with indirect distributors/channel partners and sales team.
- Become a trusted consultant and product expert to indirect distributors/channel partners and sales team.
- Develop and execute a business/sales plan to exceed the assigned sales and revenue targets.
- Maintain regular communication with Sales Management and Product Management.
- Ensure all environmental, ethical, and company policies are met and provide intervention in the event of a compliance issue.
- Perform necessary duties to exceed client and distributor/channel partner expectations.
- Communicate market trends, product ideas and competitive intelligence to sales and product marketing.
Education
- Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or equivalent is preferred.
Professional experience
- 5-7 years of Business-to-Business Sales Leadership experience with a track record of achieving sales objectives by leading and motivating the sales team.
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets and growing market territory.
- Oil Flooded experience is preferred
- Strong background in direct channel account management and development REQUIRED .
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
- Exceptional presentation and negotiation skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Use of CRM system like MS Dynamics
- Ability to communicate professionally with all levels of the organizations, including both internal and external customers.
Direct reports
- None
Taken from Hitachi's own posting, last seen live on 1 Nov 2026.
About Hitachi
Transformers, HVDC links, high-voltage products and grid automation from Hitachi Energy, plus data storage, IT services, air compressors and factory equipment from other Hitachi companies, sold to utilities, EPC contractors, data centers, manufacturers and enterprise IT buyers.
Pay schedule: Each role is a salaried job with the Hitachi company that posts it (Hitachi Energy, Vantara, Digital Services, Global Air Power and others), with incentive plans and local benefits named in only a few postings.
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