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Competency Center Sales Representative

Wurth Industry US

Brooklyn Park, MNFull-time$70K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$70K/yr
Location
Brooklyn Park, MN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License, required

Job overview

The Competency Center Sales Representative builds and maintains customer relationships by promoting solutions and services, growing sales and profitability, and coordinating between customers and internal departments. The role manages customer contracts and renewals, develops growth plans, pursues sales opportunities, monitors competition, and supports customer implementations and continuous improvement. It requires at least two years of industrial sales experience and includes travel estimated up to 60%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Industrial Sales, requiredProject Management, nice to haveCustomer Onboarding, nice to haveBusiness Analysis, requiredSolution Development, requiredSelf-Motivation, requiredSchedule Management, requiredInstruction Interpretation, requiredListening, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredNegotiation, requiredCommunication, requiredPublic Speaking, requiredPersuasion, requiredSales Presentation, requiredMicrosoft Word, requiredMicrosoft Excel, requiredMicrosoft PowerPoint, requiredMicrosoft Outlook, requiredTask Prioritization, requiredData Analysis, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering or Related Field or Equivalent Experience, nice to have2+ Years Industrial Sales Experience, requiredValid Driver's License, requiredApproved Driving Record, requiredProfessionalism and Ethics, requiredTeamwork, Collaboration, and Humility, nice to have

Benefits

Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Job Duties

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Competency Center Sales Representative is responsible for building and maintaining positive relationships with various customer contacts by promoting solutions and services while growing sales and profitability. This position serves as the key point of contact between the customer and multiple internal department contacts within the organization.

This position is responsible for ensuring that all obligations within a customer contract on met on time by both parties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Schedule, create, and lead quarterly business reviews.

Formulate medium to long-range sales plans to protect, grow, and diversify the relationship with a defined group of customers.

Develop and implement a strategic customer growth roadmap/plan with the focus on implementing new business awards and building customer dependences.

Aggressively pursue additional sales opportunities and proactively drive opportunities to successful closure.

Engage customer contacts to initiate contract renewal process, and ensure contracts are renewed on time.

Monitor competitive activity in each account and ensure appropriate response strategies are formulated and communicated.

With autonomy and tenacity, resolve issues and ensure customers receive high quality customer service.

Ensure customer profitability by maintaining and/or improving customer margin through coordinated activity with Sales Operations and other departments (obtaining customer approval on substitutes/alternatives, getting necessary price increases implemented, etc.)

Maintain accurate information for sales pipeline, prospects, customer information and communication logs within the CRM system.

Assist in the management of all elements of contractual obligations, including but not limited to excess & obsolete inventory, value added/value engineered, cost savings documentation, pricing/material index reviews, inventory reductions, and expense minimization.

Own relationships with mid-level clients (i.e. Purchasing Manager) and foster relationships with senior clients (i.e. Purchasing Director, C-Suite, etc.).

Support customer implementations and continuous improvement initiatives

Perform all other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & ABILITIES

S. Degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field, and/or equivalent experience.

Minimum 2 years of industrial sales experience, with related products and/or related industry.

Valid Driver's license and approved driving record.

Experience with project management and/or new customer onboarding, a plus.

High standard of professionalism and ethics.

Preferred style of teamwork, collaboration, and humility

Ability to analyze complex business situations and develop creative business focused solutions.

Self-starter, self -motivated, and ability to manage and drive own schedule.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, blueprint or schedule form.

Strong listening and interpersonal skills, and formidable negotiating skills.

Effective communicator, both verbally and with written communications.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers and employees. Refined persuasion and related sales and presentation skills.

Strong listening and interpersonal skills, and formidable negotiating skills.

Advanced Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and execute in a high-pressure environment.

Comfort with and efficient in data analysis, graphs, statistics, percentages and ratios.

Travel estimated up to 60%.

Pay: Starting at $70,000

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and, in some instances, may include education, skills, work experience and certifications. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive bonus. An incentive bonus, if any, depends on various factors such as organizational performance.

The Wurth Difference:

Proactive supply chain solutions customized to your business, your industry

Industrial products and services delivered with prompt, personal attention

Inventory management solutions that keep your production line moving smoothly

Complete program support from initial design, to implementation, training, to ongoing analysis

Why Wurth:

Maternity/Paternal leave after 1 year of service

Tuition Reimbursement eligible after 1 year of service

Health benefits and programs - medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more

Additional benefits 401(k), short term disability, long term disability

Paid Time Off, accrued per pay period, additional day earned per year of service

10 paid holidays

EEOC STATEMENT:

The Wurth Industry North America group of companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. Wurth will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

The Wurth Industry North America group of companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. Wurth will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Minimum Experience Required

2 - 20 years

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

Yes

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

No

Physical Required

Yes

Drug Test Required

Yes

Compensation

$11.41 / Hourly

Postal Code

55445

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

COMPE007076

Job Benefits

Not specified

How this job compares

Set against the 8,626 open Sales Representative jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$70K/yr
  • Minnesota median$80–100K/yr138 salary ranges
  • US median$75–110K/yr4,623 salary ranges

This rate, $70K, is 22% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($90K) — in the lowest quarter of Sales Representative salary ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 195 open Sales Representative jobs in Minnesota and 8,626 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Sales Representative postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (3,913 postings).
Education
609 of the 8,626 open Sales Representative jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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