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Serve as a key customer contact by handling calls, inquiries, orders, quotes, and product information. Enter orders into the ERP system, route customer needs internally, support revenue goals through cross-selling and upselling, and manage multiple orders while meeting quality and delivery expectations. Interpret contracts and purchase orders, support compliance, assist with employee training, participate in professional development, and contribute to continuous improvement and sustainability initiatives.

Lead North American vacuum pump growth by developing customer, OEM, supplier, and channel relationships; identifying and closing technical sales opportunities; supporting pricing, forecasting, market strategy, product launches, training, and CRM reporting. The role partners with direct sales teams to increase market share and requires approximately 50–60% travel throughout North America.

Leads the North American procurement team, supplier strategy, negotiations, sourcing, purchasing operations, and supplier performance improvement. Manages domestic and international supplier relationships, cost reductions, delivery issues, supply-chain risks, procurement KPIs, ERP data, compliance, and continuous improvement. Partners cross-functionally to align procurement with business and customer needs while supporting budgeting, forecasting, and supply continuity.

Procures materials for manufacturing, creates purchase orders, responds to pricing and delivery requests, evaluates inventory needs, negotiates with suppliers, and manages supplier performance. The role uses JIT and MRP methods, maintains purchasing data, processes supplier returns, coordinates with Accounting, interprets drawings and BOMs, and ensures purchasing compliance.

Supports sales teams and customers through expert knowledge of assigned vacuum product lines and applications. Provides technical assistance, collaborates on quality, product development, marketing content, and ERP data, and trains sales representatives. Works cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, Logistics, and Manufacturing while identifying new applications and market opportunities.

Sources products, negotiates supplier agreements, and manages purchasing activities to meet cost, quality, and delivery goals. Responsibilities include coordinating supply chain activities, responding to pricing and delivery inquiries, analyzing demand and spend data, optimizing inventory, consolidating suppliers, managing purchase orders, conducting supplier reviews, and maintaining planning and inventory data.

Maintains product costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing variance analysis, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close activities. Partners with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance teams to improve profitability, controls, reporting, and costing processes. Supports inventory audits, forecasting, budgeting, ERP enhancements, process automation, and operational decision-making using D365 Finance & Operations and advanced Excel.

Develop and grow a profitable Midwest sales territory through strategic account management, consultative technical selling, customer visits, presentations, quoting, forecasting, and new business development. The role requires maintaining CRM accuracy, gathering market intelligence, collaborating cross-functionally, supporting capital equipment opportunities, and building long-term customer partnerships. Extensive domestic travel is required, potentially up to 65% of the time.

Support sales and customers by maintaining expert knowledge of vacuum product lines, providing technical support, training the sales force, collaborating cross-functionally on quality, development, marketing, and ERP data, and identifying new market opportunities.