Senior Sales Executive- Specialty Field Evaluations

Posted 21 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in Northbrook, IL
Remote
Hybrid
90K-171K Annually
Senior level
Automotive • Professional Services • Software • Consulting • Energy • Chemical • Renewable Energy
Our mission is to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place.
The Role
The Senior Sales Executive is responsible for planning sales strategies, managing client relationships, driving sales processes, and identifying new business opportunities. This role emphasizes proactive account management and collaboration with technical teams to ensure successful service delivery and customer retention.
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JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Plans sales strategy and maintains ongoing plan to prioritize portfolio of accounts and maintain relationships throughout the year.
  • Interfaces with customers to promote and sell UL products and services.
  • Uses technical credibility to build relationships with buyers and centers of influence.
  • Under minimal guidance, drives sales process from beginning to end, leveraging support from Sales Support Specialists and Inside Sales Executives when necessary.
  • Proactively manages customer to ensure renewal of services where applicable.
  • Continuously explore and develop opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
  • Establishes strong connects with new logo prospects from inbound and outbound channels to qualify their needs, understand decision-makers, and land new customers.
  • Proactively engages in discovery, opportunity identification, proposals, and closing for sales of core UL products and services.
  • Leverages technical support when customer has a qualified need.
  • Creates pipeline of new logo prospects to supplement existing account activities, owns new logo process through close of sale.
  • Brings in additional resources when advantageous to support sales process, and delegates leadership of the sale to Technical Inside Sales Executives
  • Transitions implementation to success / fulfillment teams after sales have been closed to ensure seamless service delivery.
  • Where applicable, supports development of multi-year account plans in Testing, Inspection and Certification by providing insight
  • Actions on opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
  • Works with the remaining account managers on discovery and opportunity identification
  • Works under minimal guidance of account managers to seamlessly work with customers throughout the sales cycle.
  • Provides expert input during account planning process on potential growth opportunities within assigned solution area.


What you'll experience working at UL:

  • Mission: For UL Solutions, corporate and social responsibility isn't new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 130 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.
  • People: Ask any UL Solutions employee what they love most about working here, and you'll almost always hear, "the people." Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We're able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
  • Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers' create. We're inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
  • Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.
  • Total Rewards: The target annual pay range for this position is $139,500. - $170,500. which includes a base salary of $90,000. - $110,000. and 100% on target performance. Members of the sales function are eligible to participate in the UL Solutions Sales Incentive Plan. The annual target incentive for this position is 55% of the base salary, paid quarterly, and is contingent upon performance.
  • Employees are eligible for health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental & financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country, for the relevant position level. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours). Internal applicants with questions related to the Total Rewards for this position should submit a ticket via askHR for more insights. Plans sales strategy and maintains ongoing plan to prioritize portfolio of accounts and maintain relationships throughout the year.
  • The application deadline for this position is 3/30/2025


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QUALIFICATIONS

  • Associate's degree required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • 6+ years of related sales experience
  • Deep knowledge and experience with Field Evaluation and Inspection Services
  • Proven ability to meet and exceed sales targets.
  • Business acumen and deep understanding of business sales processes related to Field Evaluations and Inspection Services.
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), and CRM software.
  • 10-25% business travel and work outside of the office is required

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
15,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1894

What We Do

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

Why Work With Us

Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence.

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