Date Posted:

2024-08-22

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT516: NPW - Landover, MD 5000 Philadelphia Way, Lanham, MD, 20706 USA

Otis Elevator Company is searching for initiative-taking candidates interested in starting a career in sales!

The comprehensive training program provides development opportunities that consist of classroom instruction as well as firsthand field learning. Sales Trainees will shadow Sales Reps/Account Managers, Field Supervisors, and Technicians to obtain business and industry knowledge as well as product training. Following success in the 3-6+ month training program, Sales Trainees will be assigned a Sales role with a portfolio of accounts in a defined geographic territory.

Positions are available throughout North America. Candidates should be geographically mobile and location flexible to help ensure a fit can be made between individual preference and business necessity/requirements.

On a typical day you will:

• Sell Otis products and/or services upgrades

• Develop and explain the sales territory by engaging in cold calling and understanding local market conditions and competitor dynamics

• Identify customer benefits and upgrade opportunities

• Service existing accounts and provide technical support

• Enhance existing and cultivate fresh business connections

• Achieve or exceed planned sales objectives

• Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of Otis products

• Monitor and manage the collection of accounts

• Conduct product quality surveys

• Schedule necessary field resources to ensure customer satisfaction

What you will need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree required or currently pursuing degree which must be awarded prior to start date

• Ability to work in a highly orientated and dynamic environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively develop expectations and relationships with internal and external customers

• Initiative-taking and able to manage multiple projects and responsibilities

• Prior sales internship experience is advantageous

What in it for me:

• The opportunity to work in a highly visible role

• Clear career progression paths

• Access to funded learning and development opportunities

• Salaried position that offers additional incentive compensation along with excellent benefits

The salary range for this role is $55,000 to $75,000. We may pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may change in the future. Pay within the salary range will be based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Otis is the world’s largest elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service business. We serve customers in over two hundred countries and territories around the world and maintain more than two million elevators and escalators globally. Our Gen2® elevator system, energy-saving ReGen™ drive technology and Link escalator solutions have set industry standards for innovation and performance. Otis has more than 68,000 employees, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians. We are proud to be a global team that continues to rise to the challenges of a fast-moving, high-performance company. Together, the people of Otis are creating new ideas and opportunities by collaborating across time zones, geographies, and cultures to better serve our customers. So just imagine where you can take your career!

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. 

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here (https://www.otis.com/en/us/our-company/esg) .

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!

Otis is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com .

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