Role Description
Industrial Sales Engineer activities include:
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Building customer relationships through face-to-face meetings and customer site visits
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Handling customer inquiries and coordinating quotations, proposals, aftermarket services, and other follow-up for customer base
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Prospecting territory for potential new customers
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Understanding and applying fluid handling equipment including air compressors and liquid pumps
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Troubleshooting and problem-solving
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Maintaining ongoing relationships with principals, customers, and engineering firms
This position is remote and requires a motivated individual with a high level of organization, time management skills, and technical expertise.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related technical field preferred
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Proven success in industrial sales, with a track record of driving revenue growth and building long-term customer relationships
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Strong working knowledge of pumping systems, compressed air and vacuum systems, heat transfer equipment, and related process equipment
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Self-motivated and results-driven, with the ability to operate independently and manage a territory with minimal oversight
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Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word; experience with CRM systems, pump-related software, and data analysis tools is a plus
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Demonstrated strengths in customer engagement, consultative selling, negotiation, and delivering effective presentations
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Ability to develop deep product knowledge and translate technical solutions into customer value
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Must be able to successfully complete background, reference, and drug screenings
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Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record required
Requirements
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Develop long-term relationships with customers and engineers throughout the territory
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Work with applications engineers to apply, design and specify the optimum industrial equipment that will satisfy the needs of the customer
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Continuous presence at all customer facilities in territory to promote the most current pump, compressed air, vacuum, heat transfer, and process equipment technologies
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Frequent, in territory travel required for customer/sales calls, territory development, training or other business purposes
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Provide professional and prompt responses via phone, email, in-person, etc.
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Product and market expertise
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Effectively communicate with a broad array of customers including management, engineering, maintenance, and purchasing staff
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Review and evaluate customers’ technical requirements, prepare proposals, and execute a follow-up process utilizing inside sales support, company tools, and guidelines
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Cultivate revenue opportunities for aftermarket services and Cummins-Wagner Engineered Process Solutions Division with existing customer base
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Maintain positive relationships with principals and establish effective marketing practices for their products
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Perform all other duties as assigned
Benefits
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Employee Stock Ownership Program
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Bonus Program
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Tuition and Certification Fee Assistance
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401k Match
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Flexible Spending Account
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Comprehensive Health Insurance
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Life Insurance
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Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance