Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Company car
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Free uniforms
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Wellness resources
JOB TITLE: Sales Application Engineer
EMPLOYER: Accretech SBS, Inc.
DEPARTMENT: Sales
REPORTS TO: North American Sales Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
LOCATION: Greater Chicago Area/Midwest Region
SALARY: $75,000 - $95,000
Are you an experienced engineer with a passion for sales and customer service? Do you enjoy working with clients to assess their equipment needs and provide them with the best solutions? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join the team at Accretech SBS, Inc., as our new Sales Application Engineer!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
As our Sales Application Engineer, you will:
Consult with existing and potential clients to assess and understand equipment needs and system requirements.
Draft or assist with the drafting of presentations and other documentation and materials that explain products and services to customers.
Provide expertise and support to the sales department to communicate products, services, and client needs.
Develop and maintain personal relationships with prospects during the sales process across many different prospects simultaneously.
Ensure that the customer’s needs are met, which may include product modifications.
Propose improved materials or products to customers and explain the benefits of changes.
Provide support to customers and resolve problems with installed equipment.
Prepare product orders and schedule deliveries.
Assists with research and development of new products.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
To excel in this role, you should possess:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organization skills and attention to detail.
Excellent sales and customer service skills with a proven ability to explain technical products to non-technical audiences.
Ability to apply engineering, technology, or other related principles to product sales.
Ability and willingness to travel regularly.
Ability to meet deadlines, possess good organizational and follow-up skills, be detail-oriented, and able to handle multiple tasks.
Regional travel to visit customers and/or potential leads may be required from time to time.
Education and Experience:
Engineering or Manufacturing background required.
Minimum 3 years of related product or sales experience preferred.
Proven track record of driving sales growth.
Self-starter and self-motivated.
Comfortable working in a metric-driven environment, including reporting on and improving business performance against a set of quarterly KPIs and metrics.
Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
Grinding/Machining Experience a bonus (!)
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use their hands or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Note:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.
** Don’t meet every single requirement? **
Here at Accretech SBS, Inc., we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
This is a remote position.