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Outside Sales Rep

2/27/2026

The Sales Representative is responsible for promoting the corporate culture, mission, and vision within the Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma regional territory, actively engaging in direct customer sales. This role involves identifying opportunities through problem solving, qualifying leads, and building strong customer relationships while providing technical solutions.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

51-200 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Mead O’Brien specializes in valves & valve automation, steam & hot water products and systems, instrumentation products, skid designs, field services, surveys, assessments, and consulting. The extensive product and application knowledge possessed by our sales force projects to all or part of ten states in the Midwest which includes Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas Panhandle, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and Southwest Indiana. Our company functions as a problem solver, innovator, and best total cost provider, not merely a sales organization. The term “solutions” is not a separate component but an integral part of our market approach to the Power, Refining, Chemical, Food & Beverage, Oil & Gas, Heavy Industrial, Water & Wastewater Treatment, and HVAC & Institutional markets. Customer problems in steam, water, and process control are solved through a combination of staff expertise, experience, and a wide breadth of specialized products from top manufacturers.
About the Role

Description

About Us:

Mead O’Brien, Inc. is a family-owned company with a strong history and roots dating back over 90 years. We specialize in valves & valve automation, steam & hot water products and systems, and instrumentation products with extensive product and application knowledge possessed by our sales force. We function as a problem solver, innovator, and best total cost provider to industries including Power, Refining, Chemical, Food & Beverage, Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewater, and HVAC & Institutional markets throughout all or part of ten states in the Midwest.


The Position:

This sales leader will have a desire to succeed, learn, and grow a new and established territory to the next level. The Sales Representative is responsible for promoting Mead O'Brien's corporate culture, mission and vision within the Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma regional territory. The Sales Representative must be actively engaged in direct customer sales, able to develop customer relationships, and be knowledgeable of the territory's overall business environment including customer base, manufacturers, competition, workforce and business operations. The industries covered include industrial and institutional markets. Manufacturers represented include: Limitorque, Ashcroft, ASCO, Bermad, Crispin, Shannon Thermal Insulation, Valmet (Jamesbury, Neles, Stonel) and Clark-Reliance. In addition to providing technical solutions, the Outside Sales Representative should be able to identify opportunities through problem solving, qualifying and building customer relationships. We believe in personal development and will support that growth by providing professional sales and product training.

Requirements

  • Track record of consistent sales growth, sales plan development, and achieving or exceeding sales plan.
  • Associates degree or 3 years minimum B2B sales
  • Experience providing integrated solutions to achieve customer process objectives.
  • Engineering or sales experience with valves, valve automation, instrumentation, or steam specialties.
  • Degreed or related experience.
  • Strong ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in written form.
  • Valid and verifiable driver’s license and record. Must be able to fulfill requirements of Company Fleet Policy.
  • Ability to pass background checks, drug screening, training and safety clearances.
Key Skills
Sales GrowthSales Plan DevelopmentCustomer Relationship DevelopmentProblem SolvingTechnical SolutionsCommunicationB2B SalesValvesValve AutomationInstrumentationSteam SpecialtiesTerritory Management
Categories
SalesEngineeringManufacturingEnergy
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