Are you energized by opening doors, building relationships, and turning customer challenges into new business opportunities? …
Do you have the technical knowledge and commercial drive to grow a market and make a measurable impact?
Plibrico is looking for a Business Development Manager – Southeastern Region to help accelerate our growth across the Southeastern United States.
In this role, you’ll take the lead in identifying and developing new customers, uncovering project opportunities, and positioning Plibrico’s refractory products, services, and technical expertise to win new business. You’ll also work closely with our Project Managers, augmenting their sales efforts and helping turn opportunities into long-term customer relationships.
At Plibrico, you’ll join a growing organization where technical expertise, strong customer relationships, and an entrepreneurial approach to business development are valued. If you’re motivated by building a pipeline, winning new business, and seeing the direct impact of your efforts, this is an opportunity to help shape Plibrico’s continued growth across the Southeastern Region.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
Employee benefits come in many forms, and the Plibrico Company provides a wide variety of benefits within employment packages beyond competitive compensation to meet the different needs of our employees, including:
- Medical Insurance, including Healthcare Spending or Reimbursement Accounts
- Dental and Vision Care Insurance
- Life Insurance, as well as Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Wellness Programs
- 401K Retirement Benefits
- Paid Time Off, including Vacation, Sick and Holidays
- Opportunities for professional and personal growth and development
- Independent work environment where you will manage your monthly schedule
- Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety
We believe in careers that grow with you. Compensation and benefits are competitive. The Plibrico Company is a drug- free workplace.
MAKE YOUR MOVE
To be successful in the Business Development Manager role, you will be a key driver of sales growth across the Southeastern Region—proactively identifying, pursuing, and developing new customers and business opportunities. You will build relationships with customers and prospects, uncover project opportunities, and position Plibrico’s products, services, and technical expertise to win new business and expand market share. Working closely with Project Managers, you will augment their sales efforts by opening doors, developing new opportunities, and providing the technical and market expertise needed to advance opportunities through the sales process. By combining technical expertise, market knowledge, and a strong business-development mindset, you will build a sustainable pipeline and convert opportunities into long-term customer relationships and profitable growth.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- New Business Development – develop sales by prospecting new accounts, proactive servicing current customers and active management of quote pipeline to meet or exceed project revenue and profitability targets.
- Identifies, develops, and drives new sales opportunities across the Southeastern Region to accelerate revenue growth and expand the business.
- Engages thermal processing end-users to position and secure Plibrico products and solutions in project specifications and design drawings.
- Manages the seamless transition of newly acquired customers to the appropriate Project Manager or Account Manager, ensuring continuity and a strong customer experience.
- Provides technical expertise and support to customers and Project Managers to help identify solutions and ensure successful project outcomes.
- Develops and delivers compelling sales presentations and technical marketing content, including articles, social media, webinars, and other customer-facing materials.
- Improves perceived value and recognition of Plibrico’s brand in designated territory.
- Partners with Research & Development to help guide product development by identifying emerging thermal processing needs and evaluating opportunities to strengthen and expand the product portfolio.
- Prepares sales reports and provides management with timely insights on performance, results, and key opportunities.
- Maintains and expands industry, product, and sales expertise through ongoing training, meetings, industry events, and professional development.
- Adheres to environmental and safety regulations and acts in accordance with United States’ laws.
- Adheres to corporate policy on business ethics.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.
In this position you need to be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Requires education generally equivalent to High School Diploma and/or equivalent work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or similar field preferred.
- Advanced technical ability and familiarity with ceramic engineering and/or refractory installations.
- Industry-specific certifications and/or licenses required; must have valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
- Familiar and skilled with Microsoft Office Suite and CRM.
- Excellent sales, interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Must be able to formulate and implement sales strategies.
- Proficient math skills. Must be able to take accurate measurements, make legible sketches, and calculate material volumes.
LOCATION: Florida
TRAVEL: 70% – 80%
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The position is an office-based position with regular visits to work sites in the field. The colleague performs work-related travel. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the colleague is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, or hear; uses hands to finger, handle, or touch objects or controls. The incumbent is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion, the colleague may be required to climb and work in high places, stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. Position may also require work in confined spaces and exposure to different types of outdoor weather conditions. Risk of electrical shock and/or general hazards found in a construction environment are present. The colleague must occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift, push or pull up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
MEET THE PLIBRICO COMPANY | OUR CULTURE
For more than a century, Plibrico has pioneered the research and development of monolithic refractory technology. Seeded in the art and science of ceramic engineering, we provide the knowledge and expertise in aluminosilicate and high-alumina refractories that is essential for the most demanding thermal conditions. Through our expertise in refractory materials, services, and engineering, Plibrico is a single source for safe, reliable turnkey refractory solutions.
Every day we design highly durable refractory solutions for companies that safely improve productivity, temperature control, and service longevity, which enables them to create quality products more efficiently for their valued customers.
We are the trusted partner of many industrial companies operating critical thermal processing environments. We help them keep their thermal operations up and running.
Our Biggest Strength Is Our People
Backed by years of refractory solution experience, it’s the people at the Plibrico Company that are the key to our industry leadership. Our employees have on-the-job passion and truly love what they do.
Each individual employee has a voice, and all teams are united around a common goal –delivering refractory solutions that enable companies operating critical heat environments to create quality products for their valued consumers efficiently, safely and economically. It is who we are and how we work together.
Our knowledgeable experts with genuine experience and steadfast commitment to quality products, safety, fast delivery and prompt technical assistance that is the key to customers’ as well as our own success.
The Plibrico Company has built a business over more than a century, based on trust, knowledge and experience, qualities that create close lasting relationships to deliver superior heat control solutions.
Plibrico Company, LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants for employment, without regards to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital, veteran status, sexual orientation, or the presence of handicaps or disabilities. In addition, this policy of equal opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but is not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.