Sr Sales Engineer MTI

Sr Sales Engineer MTI-US

Location:

Employee must be located in the greater Chicago area. Preferred location would be Northwest Chicago in or near Schaumburg, Illinois.

Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level.

Employment Type:

Full‑time. Job Function:
Sales and Business Development. Industry: Machinery Manufacturing.

Kennametal is seeking a Sr. Sales Engineer to support partnerships with Machine Tool Builders and grow our metal cutting business in the Northcentral United States, with a focus on Chicago, IL, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This field sales role is based in a home office and requires approximately 25–50% travel to meet customer and financial goals. Responsibilities include building trust, listening to customer challenges, solving technical issues, and following through on commitments.

• Establish relationships with new and existing Kennametal machine tool customers to provide solutions.
• Manage and coordinate the execution of large customer projects with engineering and operations to exceed expectations.
• Meet sales revenue goals of growth and profitability.
• Promote and implement both custom and standard Kennametal Metal Cutting solutions.
• Advocate for Kennametal to the customer and for the customer to Kennametal.
• Collaborate across multiple business segments.
• Grow focus products through initiative activities.
• Develop and maintain customer data to provide consultative partnership (CRM).
• Execute growth initiative projects.
• Travel approximately 25%–50%.

• 6+ years’ experience in machining/metal cutting industry.
• Technical training in machining and programming.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Engineering or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong technical understanding of metal cutting tooling.
• Practical experience interpreting technical drawings and specifications.
• CAD/CAM experience.
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience working cross‑functionally with customers, engineering, and manufacturing locations.

$90,000 – $115,000 annually base salary plus bonus with target of 30% of base salary.

• Medical/Dental/Vision benefit options.
• 401(k) with match up to 6%.
• Company Vehicle to facilitate travel requirements.
• PTO, including vacation days, scheduled holidays, floating holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employer.