Filtration Product Manager - California and Pacific Northwest

About the role

Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, a SunSource company, is a distributor of fluid control systems, fluid filtration systems, fluid handling products, micro-electronics and general industrial supplies. It is seeking a Filtration Product Manager to drive the strategy and implementation of marketing and sales efforts for the Fluid Process SBU. The role works closely with key filtration suppliers and seeks to expand the product offering by adding more suppliers for key markets.

Key responsibilities

• Own Filtration sales, develop and train sales teams, and communicate goals and objectives internally
• Build a market overview and sales plan covering key customers, and understand the products, applications and market size
• Coordinate marketing and sales strategy around SunSource value-added solutions
• Identify profitable growth opportunities and keep up with Filtration market developments
• Take part in weekly call updates and monthly or quarterly business reviews
• Develop a complete Filtration product offering and keep up with new products and technologies
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and build a national growth plan for Filtration
• Work with sales teams and regional sales managers to drive activity, and mentor them on how to sell Filtration
• Travel nationwide for strategy, training and joint sales calls, and develop training content, marketing campaign content and sales aids such as filter cross-reference matrices

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, sales or marketing preferred
• 6+ years of experience in the market space, with demonstrated understanding of Filtration systems and solutions in the commercial vehicle industry
• Ability to read and interpret schematics
• Willingness to travel as needed within the assigned region
• Desire for a long-term career in sales leadership and/or business development

Required skills

• Strong technical knowledge of Filtration applications
• Experience integrating marketing efforts and communications
• Executive-level relationship building and consensus-building
• Great communicator (phone, email, text, in person)