Advanced Sales Enablement Specialist
Valmont Open · verified Sep 29, 2026 At a glance
Mid-level Revenue & Sales Operations role at Valmont. Omaha NE · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Train site sales reps on forecasting, volume outlooks, customer analysis, technical education, inspections, and repairs
- Build an internal sales guide and collaborate with marketing on customer assets that explain technical details and address common challenges
- Help site reps use VCC Max, Showpad, Teams, SharePoint, and Construct Connect for sales activity and content
- Track sales KPIs, prepare monthly management reports, and monitor website RFQs through assignment and conversion
- Coordinate large projects and new accounts, identify barriers to winning targeted business, and develop plans to address them
What you bring
- Relevant experience matched to your education: five years with a bachelor's degree, seven with an associate's, or nine without either
- A current driver's license, a safe driving history, and the ability to travel about a quarter of the time, including nationally and into Canada
- Confidence explaining information to individuals and groups, plus basic math skills for charges, totals, discounts, proportions, and interest
Who this fits
This mid-level role is based in Omaha or within 40 miles of another Valmont Coatings facility. Expect national and Canada travel of approximately 25%, along with participation in sales meetings, training, conferences, and tradeshows.
From the employer
Why Valmont
We’re Here to Move the World Forward.
Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.
Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.
A Brief Summary of This Position
The Advanced, Sales Enablement Specialist develops and oversees the resources, training, tools, systems and content that help the Valmont Coatings sales team sell more effectively and efficiently. They align sales with marketing and track sales performance to improve results while partnering with operations on optimizing our sales funnel. This position will reside in Omaha, NE or within 40 miles of another Valmont Coatings facility.
Essential Functions
Training & Coaching – provide training and support to the site sales representatives including:
- Sales Funnel: launching and sustaining forecasting and extended outlook volume tracking. Monitor monthly deliverables and roll up details into a national report.
- Customer Analysis: defining value propositions, building more detailed SWOT & market analyses, identifying buyer personas & new value add opportunities, evaluating plant fit, utilizing survey results, and improving sales funnel accuracy.
- Customer Support & Education: developing the site sales representatives’ ability to provide customer & specifier technical training and complete on-site inspections & repairs.
Content – develop internal-facing playbooks (SOPs) and customer-facing assets that improve execution.
- Internal: develop and maintain an internal-facing sales playbook that includes standard expectations & processing procedures along with best execution practices.
- External: partner with marketing on the development & maintenance of customer-facing assets that engage prospects effectively, communicate important details clearly, and address frequent technical challenges.
Technology – work with site sales representatives to expand embracement of technology platforms to access materials, track content engagement, and manage customer relationships.
- VCC Max: call documentation improvements, pricing function adherence, contact management, customer embracement / training, feedback on system improvements.
- Showpad: integration into daily activity, expansion of functionality & resources, and working with marketing on improving organization of content.
- Microsoft Teams / Sharepoint: organization and management of content.
- Construct Connect: set-up subscriptions to receive notifications on large, upcoming galvanized projects for distribution to sites. Pull quarterly market data for trend analysis.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Track sales focused KPIs related to market trends, quote activity, pricing, performance, call documentation, etc. and prepare monthly metric reports for management review.
- Monitor incoming segment level RFQs generated from the website for assignment, track status and conversion rates.
- Manage large, multi-plant projects and new customers as the primary point of contact, working with Regional Directors and General Managers to identify fit, capacity, timing, pricing, and expectations.
- Identify constraints to conversion for targeted accounts – develop and present action plans to overcome the constraints when possible.
- Participate in national association and tradeshow events. Partner with marketing and site sales representatives on identifying opportunities for further involvement with local/regional events.
- Identify and submit proposals to present educational seminars to event participants, associations, and large organizations. Partner with marketing and site sales representatives to expand local efforts.
- Participate in national sales meetings/training and attend conferences & tradeshows.
Required Qualifications
- Preferred Bachelors with 5+ years relevant experience or associate’s degree with 7+ years relevant experience or 9+ years of relevant experience
- Valid Driver’s License and safe driving record
- Ability to effectively interpret and present information both one-on-one and in front of an audience
- Ability to calculate basic math concepts to calculate per piece charges, order totals, discounts, proportions, and interest charges
- Must be a person of passion and integrity who has the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results
- Ability to travel nationally and into Canada, approximately 25%.
- Able to communicate with and work well with people at all levels of the organization both internally and externally.
Highly qualified candidates will also possess:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related field
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- A proven record of exceptional sales performance both in increased existing business and new business sales development
- The ability to recognize and solve practical problems or issues.
- Talented and skilled at working collaboratively within the organization
- Lean Manufacturing background.
Benefits
Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:
Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
401k retirement plan with company match
Paid time off
Employer paid life insurance
Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
Work Life Support
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more
Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.
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