Job Description

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.

ChampionX has future and immediate hiring needs for experienced Sr. Account Managers in Bakersfield, CA to support our Pacific Sales team in Chemical Technologies. This is your opportunity to join a large growing company offering a competitive base salary, bonus structure and benefits.

What’s in it For You:

• Access to best-in-class resources, tools, technology and continuous education
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety to include top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment
• Pride in working for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments
• Provided company vehicle, fuel card and cell phone
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k) with company matching and more!

What You Will Do:

• Work closely with current and new customers to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation plans that will maintain and grow sales within assigned territory
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in current and new customers, including plant or facility executives. Leverage external network to pursue business opportunities within assigned territory
• Generate and execute sales plans in assigned customer base and new customer accounts to meet defined territory profit increase goals
• Engage in problem solving by performing system analysis, interpreting data and providing written recommendations to ensure customer operations are performing at optimal levels
• Actively sell and support ChampionX innovations and technology in assigned customers to promote long-term business relationships with ChampionX
• Begin to develop awareness of account profitability and overall health of account
• Plan and lead customer trainings, events, seminars
• Exhibit technical proficiency in a specified job area according to business group

Position Details:

• Ability to travel within assigned sales territory
• Ability to travel to and from offshore platform
• Up to 50% overnight travel required to support sales territory
• Compensation Details: $115,000 - $145,000 base salary plus sales incentive bonus, depending on experience!

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• 4 years of successful technical sales or field sales support experience, preferably onshore and offshore experience
• Must have a valid Driver’s License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• Immigration sponsorship not offered for this role

Physical Demands:

• May be required to Lift/Push/Pull/Carry up to 55 pounds chest high.
• Role is deemed safety-sensitive and may be subject to employer or customer drug testing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial), or Life Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
• 7+ years of successful technical sales or field sales support experience in an offshore role
• Experience in oil and gas industry, preferably in deepwater production chemicals
• High computer application literacy (including Microsoft Office Suite, and ability to learn internal business systems)
• Prior experience that required excellent communication and organizational skills
• Prior experience that demonstrates strong ethics, effective time management, ability to multitask, adaptability, autonomy, and self-motivation
• Good negotiation and problem resolution skills

About ChampionX

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.

For more news and information, visit SLB.com

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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.