Electric Automation Business Development Specialist; Southern CA​/AZ

Festo inspires people and organizations around the world with innovative solutions for industrial automation. We are an independent family business and offer more than 20,000 employees the opportunity to take bold steps, realize their ideas, and take on responsibility. As a team, we grow by tackling challenges together and we welcome everyone who wants to move the world with us.

Electric Automation Business Development Specialist (Southern CA/AZ)

13391

Home Office

Permanent

Full Time

Sales & Customer Service

Festo Corporation

Drive the development of electronic product sales in a defined geography. Provide pre-sales product and Application support. Provide basic “feature benefit” and application sales training to sales engineers and selected customers for electronic products. Electronic Products defined as:
Servo and stepping motor drives and controls, mechanical ball screw and belt drive actuators, PLC’s HMI’s, CPX valve manifolds.

• Primarily responsible for pre-sales support of all motion controllers, electric drives products (servo & stepper drives, actuators, and PLC‘s Knowledge of typical applications is required
• Drive the sales of electronic products through Festo Sales Engineers, Industry Segment Managers and selected distribution. These will be considered your “internal customers“
• Maintain good working knowledge of new products and their applications.
• Works closely with US Product Management, Industry Segment Managers, District Sales Managers and the E
  - Drives application engineers
• Additional work hours in excess of normal business hours may be necessary to perform essential duties and responsibilities.
• Travel may be required via any means of transportation determined by Company for business reasons such as, training, customer sites/visits or a company business event.

• Technical knowledge
• Knowledge of products
• Knowledge of customers
• Knowledge of market/industry segments
• Knowledge of Festo as a company
• Business knowledge
• Management knowledge
• n/a

• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  English Language

• Computer Literate

Education:

BS-EE or equivalent

3-5 years of field experience sizing/selecting and commissioning servo and stepper systems in an industrial environment.

Computer literate

Special experience in a particular industry

automotive, semiconductor, photovoltaic, food and beverage and end-line packaging

Special experience in a particular function: n/a

• Very important
• Important
• Less important
• Performance orientation
• X
• Problem solving
• X
• Openness and Flexibility
• X
• Toughness
• X
• Personal planning and Organisation
• X
• Communication
• X
• Team working
• X
• Tolerance
• X

• Very important
• Important
• Less important
• Strategic orientation
• X
• Critical and Entrepreneurial Thinking
• X
• Conflict Management
• X
• Innovation and Creativity
• X
• Negotiation Skills
• X
• Role model and Leadership motivation
• X
• Leading, Planning and Organizing
• X
• Delegation
• X

The salary range for this position is $115,000-$135,000.

• Diverse opportunities for your development
• A strong team by your side
• Freedom to drive your ideas forward
• Develop innovative solutions with real impact
• Be part of a global network – in a family-owned company

We look forward to your application and to getting to know you!