Sales Engineer

KW Automation   Minneapolis, MN   Full-time
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We have an immediate opening for a Sales Engineer. The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated person working from a home office. Please see the following job description.

Objective: The objective of Sales Engineer is to increase sales for company products with existing customers and new customers in order to maximize the overall benefits of the stakeholders (customers, employees, organization, and the community).

Position Summary:

* Sales Engineers will work with customers to shorten the sales cycle by overcoming technical and sales hurdles within these accounts.
* Consistently meet overall area sales goals. Make regular sales calls on existing accounts and establish contact with new accounts. Make effective customer presentations with proposal pricing being accurate and technically correct.
* Sales Engineers must have solid communication skills, sales ability, technical expertise, and work well in a team, or independently. They must also be able to communicate complicated technical material in a stressful yet results oriented environment.

Responsibilities Include:

* Leveraging relationships within organizations to solve technical and sales hurdles and foster awareness of our products and solutions. 
* Working with the principals/management on joint account calls, webinars and account planning.
* Installing, configuring and testing our solutions at customer's facilities during installations.
* Interfacing with various customers at both a business and a technical level and propose viable solutions in real time during customer meetings. 
* Interacting with other Sales Engineers to share knowledge and best practices to advance the sales of our products and technologies.
* Assisting with the development of our channel partners, this may include conducting joint account calls, updating their technical staff on new products and features, and working with them to develop solutions for customers. 
* Work from home office.

Required Skills:

* 5 years of experience in automation, motion control and power transmission desired.
* Automation applications experience desired.
* Excellent organizational, customer service and communication skills.
* Professional presentation skills.
* Hands-on experience with Windows OS, Smartphones, Microsoft Office, and Goldmine with excellent computer skills.
* Self-starter that manages time and activities with little day-to-day guidance or interaction from management. 
* Has excellent listening skills that result in a high level of customer satisfaction - must be able to listen for opportunities as well as potential technical hurdles.
* Local travel with occasional overnight travel.

Education Requirements:

* Technical degree desired.
* Work experience required.

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KW Automation

Minneapolis, MN