Director of Sales
Description
You will be focused on building a sales team to develop business relationships within Fortune 500 consumer product companies. You will be involved in hiring, managing, training, and leading a sales team that has global sales responsibility as well as making presentations to decision makers for major deals. The ability to teach the client about best practices and build confidence in our product and our approach are critical. You will use your experience with B to B enterprise sales to close deals and coordinate with the Client Engagement Manager to smoothly hand off the customer relationship.
Requirements
A proven track record in the sale of complex products, services or consulting is required. Experience in managing the delivery of services to successful completion is a plus. You will need to be familiar with consumer product development, R&D, and/or marketing processes within Fortune 500 companies as well as have an advanced understanding of business strategy and the importance of corporate innovation. Strong negotiation and communication skills are required.- Experience selling complex services and managing sales teams
- Ability to make customers feel comfortable and confident
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- A determined, self-disciplined, positive attitudeÑenjoy working in the trenches at a small company
- A willingness to travel two to four times per month (one to two days at a time) or as needed to complete sales
About our Team
Inventables Team members are intelligent, creative, energetic, and share the following values:
Honesty and integrity - We are honest with each other, vendors, customers, and honest with ourselves.
A commitment to rational thinking - Decisions are based on logic and reason instead of emotions or intuition.
Dedication - We work hard, this will not be a 9-5 job. We share the entrepreneurial spirit and play to win.
Excellence - As individuals we have higher expectations for ourselves than Inventables has for us. We are committed to personal excellence and self improvement
Curiosity - We are curious people that are always learning about new things and investigating new areas, everything from buying novel products at the grocery store to looking into a new web tool.
Compensation
Position is available to start immediately. Compensation includes competitive salary, performance based bonus, and equity ownership. Benefits include:- The opportunity to be a part of the core team of a growing, exciting start-up
- Health benefits
- Flex hours for nearly every professional employee
- Casual dress everyday
- Exploration budget to satisfy your curiosity
- Located in downtown Chicago in the heart of the River North restaurant and entertainment district
Future growth opportunities
Inventables is a growing company. In this position, as with all positions at Inventables, you will be the master of your own destiny. Your success will be determined by how intelligent you are and how hard you choose to work. Success will open the door for future advancement both in compensation and responsibilities. This is the kind of company where you are encouraged to create opportunities for yourself. As Inventables grows, advancement opportunities include executive roles in Business Development or Sales & Marketing.
About Inventables
Founded in 2002, Inventables helps companies engender innovative thinking in their product development teams to help them come up with new, protectable product ideas. Inventables' innovation programs educate teams about materials and technologies that have unexpected properties. This education involves a hands-on experience with actual samples of technologies provided by Inventables. Thousands of product developers at companies including Herman Miller, BMW, Nike, Procter & Gamble, and Black & Decker are working with Inventables. Products directly influenced by Inventables are already beginning to fill store shelves.
How to Apply:
Please fill out this survey to apply. All surveys are reviewed in person. If you have any questions please email jobs at inventables dot com.