Sales Manager - PoliceFire - Latin America - USA Based

Federal Signal has an immediate opening for a Sales Manager to promote our Police / Fire market vehicle products. The territory will mainly be Latin America with Primary Markets being Chile Peru Costa Rica Puerto Rico Bahamas and Guatemala. Secondary Markets to include: Ecuador El Salvador Panama Columbia Saint Maarten Nicaragua Dominican Republic Caribbean and Curacao. Ideal candidate lives in United States near major international airport.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinates activities to obtain assigned new business and sales quota.
• Communicates with business unit personnel concerning the business environment how our products rate in the marketplace price sensitivity product mix technology market trends etc. and how to resolve procedural sales distribution delivery and service problems.
• Responds in a timely and effective manner to competitive and market opportunities as well as communications from distributors dealers OEMs end users and the factory.
• Communicates to manufacturer reps and group staff on all pertinent matters of mutual concern.
• Develops and implements an annual sales plan.
• Coordinates participation in local state regional and national trade shows with nonsales staff as required.
• Maintains quarterly market coverage documentation. Processes annual distributor agreements documents and approves additions/ deletions to the distributor network.
• Contributes positively to the corporate bottom line through effective expense control.
• Facilitates information flow to the factory sales reps and accounts in a timely fashion.
• Works with inside sales team to maintain all quotations within assigned territory and ensures an acceptable level of margin.
• Forecasts accurately; sales by product on a monthly basis to coordinate production schedules and ensure timely delivery of products.
• Monitors administrative responsibilities to meet deadlines set by group management (e.g. expense reports new business reports quarterly narratives monthly schedules and/ or forecasts etc..
• Customer Engagement & Relationship Management
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Agency endusers to ensure repeat business and longterm partnerships
• Provide exceptional customer service including equipment demonstrations technical consultations and postsales support
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure seamless delivery and customer satisfaction
• Support customer inquiries needs and concerns

Position Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Business Sales or related preferred or equivalent related experience.
• Five 5 years experience in Automotive Fleet and/or Law Enforcement sales required.
• In lieu of sales experience ten 10 years experience working in the Law Enforcement industry.
• Willingness to travel extensively and overnight.
• Spanish speaking a must; Portuguese a plus
• Working knowledge of word processing CRM and spreadsheet plus strong customer issue troubleshooting capabilities using multiple channels
• Excellent communication skills capable of effectively communicating information both verbally and in written word to diverse audiences
• Exceptional sales and negotiation skills.
• Selfmotivated with the ability to work independently and manage time effectively.

Salary: $65000 $80000 base plus generous Sales Incentive Plan Bonus

Benefits of Employment

In addition to excellent career growth opportunities Federal Signal Corporation offers a wide array of benefits including: insurance (life medical dental vision) paid holidays paid vacation 401(k) with matching contributions and tuition reimbursement. We provide our employees with a smokefree drugfree workplace.

About Us

Federal Signal in University Park is a leading manufacturer and supplier of comprehensive systems and products used to protect people and property. Our products and integrated solutions include systems for campus and community alerting emergency vehicles first responder interoperable communications industrial communications and command and municipal networked security. Specific products include: lightbars and sirens public warning sirens and public safety software.

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material cleans infrastructure and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901 Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal governmental industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Downers Grove IL with manufacturing facilities worldwide the Company operates two groups: Environmental Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal visit:

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability genetic information status as a protected veteran or any other protected category characteristic or trait under applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation in the application process contact Human Resources at .All other applications must be submitted online.