• Job Description

  Req#: 26000075

  Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.
  Metal Fabrication Productivity Specialist
  Location: Des Moines, IA

  Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. is seeking a Welding Engineer - Technical Sales Representative to join our team located in Des Moines, IA. The Welding Engineer - Technical Sales Representative will provide support to sales team members to help grow sales revenues and profits, gain new strategic opportunities, and meet sales targets within an assigned a designated geographic area or group of customer accounts. The Welding Engineer - Technical Sales Representative will be an individual contributor who is accountable for serving as a specialist to obtain profitable contracts with large, key and/or complex accounts often driving a particular market segment.

  What we offer you!

  • Competitive pay

  • Comprehensive benefit plan (medical, dental, vision and more)

  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

  • Paid time off (vacation, holidays, PTO)

  • Employee Discount Programs

  • Career growth opportunities

  • Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level

  What you will be doing:

  • Build knowledge and gather information about an account's business operations, products, processes, potential growth opportunities and customer preferences
  • Demonstrate products to new account customers
  • Understand and monitor market activity and maintain information databases
  • Improve the profitability of existing customer accounts by fully understanding the cost to serve and the value propositions that cater to their needs
  • Develop customer needs analysis, including long and short-term goals, tactics, pricing strategy and a renegotiation plan
  • Maintain communication and support the sales team to ensure account strategies are aligned with resources and market objective
  • Other duties as assigned

  What makes you great:

  • High School Diploma/GED required; bachelor’s degree preferred
  • 7+ years Outside Sales experience preferred
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Prior Industry experience is required
  • Certification as a Welding Inspector or Welding Educator preferred
  • Upholds high standards of honesty and integrity
  • Demonstrates personal ownership for safety and actively contributes to a strong safety culture
  • Contributes to a positive work environment where differences are valued and supported
  • Strives for personal achievement and helps others attain results
  • Ensures accountability through collaboration and interpersonal skills

  Why you will enjoy working with us:

  Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion.

  Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. (LG&E) is part of the largest Welding, Industrial, Medical, and Specialty Gases companies in the U.S. We carry a comprehensive selection of industrial gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide, etc. LG&E has an extensive network of production plants, retail stores, distribution centers, and customer service locations with a focus on making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful by helping to sustain and protect our planet.

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

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• About the company

  Praxair Distribution, Inc. operates 300+ welding supply stores in the USA offering welding gases, welding equipment and welding consumables.

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