Sales Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA US
Job Description
Overview:
We are looking for an automation sales engineer to assist with selling complex scientific and technological products or services. The Sales Engineer's responsibilities include maintaining extensive knowledge of the products/services parts, functions, and processes and assisting in closing sales where technical expertise may be required to fit the client’s needs.
Responsibilities:
- Preparing and developing technical presentations to explain our company's products or services to customers.
- Discuss equipment needs and system requirements with customers and engineers.
- Collaborating with sales teams to understand customer requirements and provide sales support.
- Generating high-quality sales leads, following up after initial contact, securing and renewing orders, negotiating prices, completing sales, and arranging deliveries.
- Researching, developing, and modifying products to meet customers' technical requirements and needs.
- Helping customers with problems with installed products or services and recommending improved or upgraded materials and machinery.
- Processing and logging client feedback and evaluating the data to create new sales and marketing strategies to target customers.
- Identifying areas for improvement and communicating these issues and possible solutions to upper management.
- Setting and achieving sales goals and quotas.
- Training other sales team members on the technical aspects of the company's products and services.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree in engineering, marketing, business administration, or a related field.
- Experience in sales and the technology field.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, customer service, and sales skills.
- The ability to relate technical information to non-technical customers.
- Excellent technical and problem-solving skills.
- Good leadership and team working skills.
- Willingness to continue your sales and engineering education.
- Willingness to travel if/when necessary