Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.
Job Purpose
- Achieve Sales Revenue and Profit Targets as set by the Strategy Plan for all Compressed air purification products for the assigned Sales Territory
- Develop Sales Channel Mix in order to achieve annual Targets and Objectives
- Market Observation and Communication of commercial and technical trends/developments
Key Accountabilities
- Full responsibility in achieving sales and profit targets for the assigned sales territory/ customers / product range
- Establish, build and maintain relationship with target customers, including various regular touch points such as visits, business review, etc.
- Identify and understand end user application needs, suggest solution and convert them into opportunities, quotation and finally sales.
- Identify and develop local key accounts and follow up on global strategic accounts by sales area and market segment
- Identify and develop distribution channels for designated products and markets, as appropriate
- Closely communicate with regional / worldwide application engineering, seek regular support and provide regular feedback
- Ensure proper documentation of success stories by markets and application, in cooperation with application engineering
- Provide adequate activity planning and reporting supported by the Donaldson CRM system (Dynamics 365)
- Observe trends on applications and new technologies in our target markets
- Derive product and development recommendations in close communication with our R&D/Engineering facilities
Education Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree or above in marketing, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent
Technical Competence & Skills:
- Understanding of General Industries application, technical product sales background, excellent communication skills, strong technical comprehension and sales drive
- Good negotiation, influencing and follow up skills
- Computer literacy and proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software
- Experience in the effective use of CRM software
Leadership Competence:
- Self-starter, able to work under minimum supervision
- Self-motivated and result orientated
- Eager to learn, quick comprehension,
- Potential leadership skills
Relevant Experience:
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in relevant applications (either filtration or field instrumentations) with proven track record of success
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in a technical sales role or appreciation of technical products in a commercial environment selling into the process industries.
Others (% of travel, language, etc.):
- Good English communication (both written and spoken)
- Regular travel in the territory is required.
- Owns a vehicle is preferable.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 5-8 years' experience in relevant applications (filtration or field instrumentation) with proven success
- Minimum 5-8 years' experience in a technical sales role selling into process industries
- Experience in effective use of CRM software (Dynamics 365)
- Computer literacy and proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Understanding of general industries applications and technical product sales background
- Good English communication skills, written and spoken
- Regular travel within the assigned territory
- Owns a vehicle
- Self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision; result oriented
Donaldson Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Donaldson Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Donaldson Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
Donaldson Company Insights
What We Do
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
