Business Development Manager

Our Commitment:

At Symmons we are dedicated to delivering excellence in every aspect of our business. Our success is driven by our commitment to our core values: being customer-focused embracing a can-do attitude demonstrating resilience and always striving to win as a team. We believe in fostering a positive and collaborative work environment where every team member can thrive and contribute to our shared goals.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Business Development Manager based in Austin Texas to join our this role you will play a crucial part in helping us achieve our mission by putting our core values into action every day. If you are passionate about providing exceptional service thrive in a fast-paced environment and are ready to make a significant impact we want to hear from you!

As a Business Development Manager you will focus on the development and growth of targeted wholesale distribution owner/developers engineers and contractors. There will also be significant carryover into the multifamily residential housing market and associated this role you will drive sales growth of all Symmons products by developing agreed upon target accounts. Along with developing and managing those accounts this person will be required to work together and communicate with the Symmons sales force all strategy plans key customer engagements and strategic initiatives.

• Develop and manage a list of target accounts create account plans for each account and secure specifications for Symmons products through your list of targeted accounts
• Utilize to assist in account development and pipeline management
• Develop and execute an annual business plan that outlines your growth plan for the year (i.e. how you will accomplish this and where you will need support)
• Build cross-functional sales associate relationships internally and externally to properly communicate business opportunities on local regional and national basis
• Proactively target the Owner/Developers entire portfolio by taking a partnership and consultative approach vs. selling a product on one single project
• Actively discover and identify potential new target accounts
• Proactively discover customers perceived and unperceived needs and implement appropriate value-driven solutions
• Identify and engage with all the additional influencers in the supply chain (i.e. wholesalers contractors general contractors engineers)
• Manage Symmons products as it relates to customer offering writing specifications and other detail set up and maintenance information
• Work towards developing service related programs with the identified ownership accounts that will promote and foster long-term perpetuated business (buying agreements rebate programs service commitments)
• Plan and budget specific customer entertainment events designed to develop and grow the Symmons presence and business relationship with the targeted account (i.e. customer visits to Symmons facilities sporting events outings)
• Actively participate in key industry associations and networking events
• High level of technical product and industry knowledge as well as industry codes and standards

• Bachelors degree in business management or related field required
• 5 years in product/services related sales with an emphasis on the major owner/developer groups and key industry associations
• Experience with plumbing customers preferred similar customers required
• Ability to interact with various customers (Own/Dev/Who/Cont) and all levels of organization
• Experience in strategic planning and implementation a must
• The ideal candidate must be self-motivated results oriented disciplined and have strong communication skills.
• Knowledge of wholesale segment of bath and kitchen industry preferred
• Excellent Planning and analysis skills
• Experience with sales reporting systems or related systems (i.e. Salesforce)
• Strong computer skills required; proficiency in MS Office (Word PowerPoint Excel) and Microsoft Outlook a must as well as experience with data warehouse sales reporting systems
• Demonstrated pull-through selling skills required
• 50% - 75% Travel to key accounts regionally

Company Overview:

In 1939 Paul Symmons advanced the plumbing industry by inventing the first anti-scald pressure-balancing valve. 87 years later his legacy lives on through the Temptrol valve which is still made right here in the USA.

While the vision of Paul Symmons is never out of sight were constantly pressing forward challenging ourselves and the industry to be better to do better. As we design and redesign the minute details were also conscious of the bigger things like water conservation and energy reduction and global impact.

Thats what we do here at Symmons we make things right.

Headquartered in Braintree MA Symmons is a privately held company with regional sales offices and local representatives located throughout the United States and Canada. For more information please .

Symmons offers a competitive compensation package including excellent benefits and a 401k plan with 100% match up to the first 6% of eligible wages with immediate vesting. The pay range reflects our good faith estimate at the time of posting and does not guarantee a specific wage. Actual pay will depend on skills experience and other job-related factors.

If you are ready to bring your passion skills and can-do attitude to Symmons we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Please submit your application/resume at: