Account Manager, Seattle, WA

This was my first job out of college and having very little previous sales experience, I was a little timid trying to sell to people who have been in their positions for 20 plus years, me telling them what they need. I feel like I’ve gained a lot of knowledge since being with NCH Facilities, and I’m more comfortable and confident going in and talking about our products. I also find it rewarding when I make a friend on the job; it makes the sale that much easier. If I can go into an account and talk about someone’s personal life and leave with a sale, it makes it seem like it’s not as hard as it could be.

Senior Vice President of Sales

My degree was in marketing, and I never saw myself in a sales role, but I took a chance and haven’t looked back.

By the end of my first year, I was training people in my own territory and had started on a leadership path. By my third year, I was managing a small group of reps, while still maintaining my own sales territory. Coming from a background of retail, where I worked weekends, holidays, nights, you name it, NCH Facilities provided a much better work-life balance.

My customers’ schedules were normal, 9 to 5. The day started at a reasonable time, so I was able to drop off my daughter at daycare and pick her up at reasonable time. As she got older, I could balance my schedule so that I was a part of things like school events and soccer practice. I could build my schedule around what I needed to do. Now that my daughter is grown, I have been able to focus fully on my career, and my trajectory has not let up. NCH Facilities has provided me with an unlimited opportunity to learn and develop skills related to serving customers and reps.

Account Manager, Chicago, IL

Spending time with family is a priority for me, and that’s something I considered when I accepted the job with NCH Facilities. The type of work I do with NCH Facilities requires flexibility on the part of the individual, but at the same time the company and job are very flexible with regard to my family situation.

The most rewarding part of my job is the friendships I’ve made. I’ve met some great people during the time I’ve been with NCH Facilities. You never know who you’re going to meet. Just recently I ran into someone I went to high school with. He’s now a chief engineer at a huge building in Chicago, and we were able to jump right into a conversation about high school.

While I’ve always been in sales, selling for NCH Facilities is different. You’re given a territory and all the tools to do the job, but it can be overwhelming in the beginning. Once you get over that mental hurdle and follow the training you’ve been given, you see the results come in. You don’t need sales experience to do this job, you just need to have a hunger for knowledge. NCH Facilities really knows what it’s doing; we’ve been doing it for 100 years. The way we do things is unique.

Territory Manager, Minneapolis, MN

I graduated college with a degree in chemistry. I knew I wanted to do something with my chemistry degree, but I wasn't quite sure what. After talking with my dad, who had a successful career in sales, I decided to look into a job as a sales rep. That's when I found NCH Facilities. NCH Facilities lines up with everything I want to do. It allows me to apply my knowledge in chemistry to the business world.

Not having any background in business before taking the job the first year was tough, without the client base, trying to build that up, but I worked through those struggles, and now I can go back and see customers for a third or fourth time as a friend. They don't see me as just a salesperson; I've transitioned to someone they trust and respect.