At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.
Reimagine What’s Possible
Air Products and Chemicals Inc., a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases, is seeking a Central Sales Microbulk Account Representative to join the team at its corporate headquarters in Allentown, PA.
This position within the IG Americas Central Sales South team is responsible for handling a Microbulk portfolio of approximately 300 customer accounts, representing $11.5 million in annual revenue.
What's In It for You:
At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and excellent benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!
- Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
- Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
- Health Savings Account
- Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Responsibilities:
- Renew existing Microbulk merchant contracts within the South sub-region.
- Drive pricing and surcharge initiatives to support business growth and profitability.
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships through regular engagement and support.
- Negotiate and improve contract terms and conditions.
- Identify and secure new business opportunities within the territory.
- Achieve established sales, revenue, and growth targets in a competitive market.
- Collaborate closely with Industrial Gases (IG) Microbulk Field Sales Representatives.
- Support and strengthen the Inside/Outside sales model through joint customer engagement.
- Develop strategies to retain existing customers and expand market share.
- Supervise customer needs and market trends to identify growth opportunities.
- Provide responsive customer service and resolve commercial issues as needed.
- Maintain accurate sales pipeline, account activity, and contract documentation.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Financial competence
- Commercial industrial gas selling experience a plus
- Knowledge and understanding of industrial gas contract language and negotiations
- Understanding of Microbulk business, offerings and equipment is helpful
- Self-starter with strong desire to succeed in a complex internal and external environment
- Ability to work as part of a larger selling team
- Adaptable and detail oriented
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to multitask
- Strong negotiating skills
- Must maintain a valid driver’s license, a clean driving record, and the ability to access and safely operate a reliable personal vehicle on an ongoing basis.
Travel:
- Limited travel required: 1-2 trips per year to South Region (US customer) base and 1-2 trips per year for Sales Meetings.
- Candidate must be willing to work flexible hours to align with customer base.
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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of industrial gas contract language and negotiations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal, multitasking, and organizational skills
- Strong negotiating skills
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a selling team
- Financial competence
- Commercial industrial gas selling experience
- Knowledge of Microbulk business, offerings, and equipment
- Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to safely operate a reliable personal vehicle
- Willingness to work flexible hours aligned with the customer base
What We Do
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products’ base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally. The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of $12.6 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $65 billion. Approximately 23,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products’ higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world.
