Wind - Strategic Account Manager

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">AMSOIL Industrial is seeking a Strategic Account Manager, Wind, to support its Wind business across the Americas. This role is designed for a customer focused sales professional with strong wind industry experience and the ability to serve as a trusted lubricant advisor to wind turbine customers.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This position is focused on the wind turbine industry and supports AMSOIL Industrial customers across North and South America. The role is responsible for managing strategic customer relationships, supporting sales objectives, identifying growth opportunities, and helping customers understand AMSOIL Industrial lubricant solutions for wind turbines and related industrial applications.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The ideal candidate will have a mix of wind industry experience, account management experience, technical curiosity, customer relationship skills, and the ability to communicate clearly with field teams, operations leaders, procurement teams, engineers, and senior decision makers. This role is best suited for someone who understands the importance of reliability, uptime, customer service, and long term partnership in the wind industry.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">ABOUT THE ROLE</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Strategic Account Manager, Wind will support AMSOIL Industrial’s Wind business by managing and developing strategic customer relationships across the Americas. This person will work closely with customers, AMSOIL Industrial sales leadership, technical support, customer service, product development, marketing, and the global Wind team to support customer growth, improve communication, and strengthen AMSOIL Industrial’s position in the wind turbine lubricant market.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This role will focus on wind turbine lubricant applications, including gearbox oils, hydraulic fluids, greases, pitch and yaw applications, main bearing grease, open gear grease, flushing support, field trials, and other related wind turbine lubrication needs.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This is a customer facing role that requires the ability to understand customer operations, support technical conversations, coordinate internal resources, and help deliver practical solutions.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">WHAT YOU’LL DO</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Manage and grow strategic wind turbine customer relationships across the Americas.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Serve as a trusted lubricant advisor to wind turbine customers by understanding their business needs, operational challenges, and lubricant application requirements.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Support AMSOIL Industrial’s Wind business by identifying growth opportunities with current and prospective customers.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Work closely with AMSOIL Industrial leadership, the global Wind team, technical support, customer service, marketing, product development, and other internal teams to support customer needs.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Develop and maintain strong relationships with owner/operators, service providers, OEMs, distributors, procurement teams, field teams, and technical contacts.</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Support customer discussions related to gearbox oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, pitch and yaw applications, main bearing grease, open gear grease, flushing support, and field trials.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Coordinate internal resources to help answer customer questions, resolve issues, and support customer projects.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Support customer onboarding, product conversion discussions, trial opportunities, quote follow up, account planning, and long term business development.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Communicate customer needs, market feedback, competitive activity, and account opportunities internally.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Prepare and deliver customer presentations, business reviews, account updates, and product related discussions.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Partner with technical resources when deeper application, engineering, oil analysis, or field trial support is needed.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Maintain accurate account records, opportunity updates, customer activity, and sales pipeline information.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Attend industry events, customer meetings, trade shows, and wind industry conferences as needed.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Travel 50% of the time to support customer relationships, business development, field meetings, and industry events.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Strong customer relationship and account management experience.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Wind industry experience or strong experience selling into technical industrial markets.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ability to serve as a trusted advisor to customers, not just a product salesperson.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Strong understanding of customer service, reliability, uptime, procurement needs, and field support expectations in the wind industry.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ability to communicate with field technicians, operations managers, procurement teams, engineers, sales teams, and senior level decision makers.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Technical curiosity and willingness to learn wind turbine lubricant applications, including gearboxes, hydraulics, greases, pitch and yaw systems, and main bearing applications.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ability to manage multiple customers, opportunities, priorities, and internal follow up items.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Strong verbal and written communication skills.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ability to work cross functionally with sales leadership, technical support, customer service, product development, marketing, operations, and supply chain.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Comfortable presenting customer updates, product information, account plans, and business opportunities.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ability to obtain and maintain required safety certifications, including wind turbine climb certification when required.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ability to represent AMSOIL Industrial professionally with wind industry customers and business partners.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The wind turbine industry depends on reliability, uptime, strong technical support, and trusted supplier relationships. This role helps AMSOIL Industrial support customers with practical lubricant guidance, responsive account management, and a clear understanding of the wind industry.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Strategic Account Manager, Wind will play an important role in strengthening customer relationships, growing AMSOIL Industrial’s Wind business across the Americas, supporting customers through product and application discussions, and helping position AMSOIL Industrial as a trusted lubricant partner for the wind turbine industry.</span></p><p><strong><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Benefits:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Paid time off and paid holidays each year</span></li> <li><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Employee bonus program</span></li> <li><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">401(k) with company match</span></li> <li><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance</span></li> <li><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Competitive health benefits</span></li> <li><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA) options</span></li> <li><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Affordable group dental, vision, critical illness, and accident insurance</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Employee discount on product </span></span></li> </ul> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">If you have any questions or need assistance with the application process, please email: humanresources@amsoil.com </span><br><br><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><br>Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled </span><br><span style="white-space: normal;">AMSOIL is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions on employment and promotion are based on merit, qualifications, performance and business needs. The decisions and criteria governing the employment relationship with all employees are made in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender </span>identity<span style="white-space: normal;">, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, </span>veteran<span style="white-space: normal;"> status or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state or local statutes.  </span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <!--_dfFormat_=html-->

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