Product Specialist - Hydro Excavating Trucks

Truck Vac Product Specialist

Vermeer Texas – Louisiana is the authorized distributor for Vermeer equipment in Texas and South Louisiana with twelve branch locations, a corporate office and rebuild facility across the region. We provide dedicated sales, rentals, parts and service support for customers in the tree care, landscaping, wood waste, organic recycling, underground construction and mining industries. For more information about Vermeer Texas – Louisiana log on to www.vermeertexas.com.

The Product Specialist assists customers in the industries and municipalities served by vacuum excavator and accessories. The Product Specialist also provides sales, training, and demonstrations support to the sales team, and assists customers with selecting equipment appropriate for their projects. This position will have a strong focus on Vacuum Trucks and heavy equipment products.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides field training and consultation on specific products in the Vermeer Vac Truck Lineup (or like kind).
• Facilitates demonstrations on equipment, ensuring adequate support, set-up and usage.
• Promotes and reinforces Vermeer TX-LA image as a total solutions provider
• Demonstrates skills in data analysis by making suggestions to resolve customer issues, at times researching complex data
• Partners with sales, and parts and service subject matter experts on unusual and complex problems or issues
• May provide general guidance and direction to, or mentor/train new product specialists
• May sell service programs to assigned customers, promote and sell machine maintenance programs, machine repair programs, inspection and appraisal programs, and oil sampling programs
• Completes all reporting requirements as per company guidelines and meets all compliance requirements
• May assist in development of documents and sales aids required to achieve company objectives
• Will need CDL and follow DOT regulations
• Represents Vermeer Texas-Louisiana at factory, industry and company events, including meetings and training
• Follows all safety rules and regulations while performing work assignments and adheres to all policies and procedures as specified in company manuals and as directed in the employee handbook
• Performs all other duties as assigned by management in a professional and efficient manner

The individual in this position should be personable, highly motivated, a problem solver, reliable, ethical, intelligent and able to adapt to all of the forces around them - customers, suppliers, department employees, co-workers and manufacturers employees. It is extremely important that this individual have strong knowledge of Vacuum Excavation (Daylighting, Sewer Jetting) as well as selling skills and interpersonal communications skills.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• High school diploma, GED or vocational training/certification
• College degree and/or equivalent experience in sales preferred
• Must have strong interpersonal, marketing and selling skills, be highly motivated, a problem solver, reliable and
• Communicates professionally, respectfully and honestly at all times and communication is to be clear and language is to be profanity free, while employee demeanor is to be calm and composed. Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs., stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear.
• May be required to climb, balance and sit for an undetermined period of time
• May be exposed to extreme weather elements, including wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold and extreme heat, moving mechanical parts and equipment, and noise level in working environment can be moderate to high
• Background check and pre-employment drug testing required
• Personal appearance must be neat and clean
• Certain positions require a valid driver's license and ability to meet requirements of the Company Driver Policy; Vermeer Texas-Louisiana will review motor vehicle records annually for all employees for whom driving a motor vehicle is an essential job function or when employees must obtain and drive rental vehicles during the course of conducting company business