Technical sales representative Jobs in Houston, TX

Disclaimer: SLB completed the acquisition of ChampionX on July 16, 2025. If selected for this position, your employment will begin with ChampionX and will transition to SLB as part of the planned integration.

We are looking for a Technical Sales Representative to support the Permian Basin Region. This is your opportunity to join a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet.

What's in it For You:

• Flexible, independent work environment where you will manage a monthly schedule
• Access to best-in-class resources, tools, and technology
• Grow your income as you drive growth
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety to include top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company matching and more!

What You Will Do:

• Sell Gas Lift products and services by developing new prospects and services existing accounts.
• Achieve sales targets and ensures customer satisfaction; research and provide forecasting for sales activities in the assigned sales territory or account.
• Develop strong customer relationships. Identify sales opportunities that will generate future sales and repeat business through direct prospecting, following leads, and networking.
• Accountable for delivering positive results through strong negotiations which result in significant revenue generation and profits.
• Respond to customer concerns about the company and its products. Work with internal resources to solve customer issues and service quality.
• Know and enforce compliance with all safety policies and procedures.
• Drive and contribute to the department's continuous improvement culture.
• Effectively use sales tools and processes to promote an efficient and effective sales process.
• Understand customer's needs and ensure products and services are positioned and understood by key decision makers.
• Effectively positions and differentiates the company from competitors; identifies competitive threats and changing market conditions.
• Identify opportunities for new products and services for customers and liaises with internal resources accordingly.
• Design gas lift systems, specifically to customer expectations or needs, through the use of gas lift software.
• Deliver presentations for field or engineering teams, as well as help with troubleshooting customers wells.
• Visit customer locations to ensure Gas Lift products and services meet with customer's expectations.
• Document sales activities, prepares reports, manages pipelines and perform other tasks necessary to drive sales revenue and communicate activities to sales management.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• Drug and alcohol test
• Criminal background check
• Employment verification
• MVR check

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering or related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• Valid driver's license in state of residence.
• Experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Ability to use a customer relationship management (CRM) system (i.e. SalesForce.com).
• Immigration sponsorship not offered for this role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four or more years of relevant experience, in account management, with Gas Lift Sales.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite.
• Able to pick up on technical processes quickly. Does well in technical courses and seminars.
• Can learn new skills, new industry, company, and product.

Physical Demands:

• Role is deemed safety-sensitive and may be subject to employer or customer drug testing.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Employee is required to regularly walk in customer field locations which may include inclines, uneven surfaces, and a variety of weather conditions.
• Employee is required to wear appropriate personal protective equipment including but not limited to shoes/boots, hard hats, or respirators.

About Us:

ChampionX is now part of SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. As innovators, that's been our mission for nearly a century.

We are a technology company that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. As innovators, that's been our mission for nearly a century. Today, we face a global imperative to create a future with more energy, but less carbon. Our diverse, innovative change makers are focused on going further in innovation and inventing the new energy technologies we need to get there.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.