Application Sales Engineer - Sunbelt Supply Job Pasadena area,Texas USA,Sales

Floworks is a leading, privately held specialty industrial supplier of flow control products, as well as a provider of technical solutions to the industrial and high purity end markets. Headquarters in Houston, Texas, Floworks is dedicated to delivering exceptional products, expertise, and service to its customers.

Job Information

The Application Sales Engineer is responsible for providing pre- and post-sale technical support by delivering product proposals, evaluating customer requirements, identifying and resolving application issues.

Key Responsibilities

Enhance team accomplishments and competence by planning delivery of solutions; answering technical questions for clients; mentoring team members
Contributes to sales team effort by delivering technical proposals, presentations and demonstrations
Provides technical support to clients by maintaining advanced product knowledge; product training; assisting in process control solutions
Identifies sales requirements by establishing personal rapport with people in the position to understand service requirements
Maintains quality service by following organizational standards
Prepare reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information
Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications
Partners with outside sales representatives to identify customer needs, develop account opportunities, support territory growth, and provide timely technical input that advances the sales process

Outside Sales Component

In addition to technical application support, this role includes a customer-facing outside sales component. The position will work closely with field sales, operations, and vendor partners to strengthen customer relationships, uncover project opportunities, and help convert technical requirements into practical flow control solutions.

Participate in customer visits, site walkdowns, lunch-and-learns, and technical sales meetings as needed to support outside sales initiatives
Assists with identifying and qualifying opportunities for valves, automation, instrumentation, and related flow control products
Provides technical recommendations, product selections, and commercial support to help outside sales respond quickly and accurately to customer needs
Supports territory and account development by sharing product knowledge, competitive insight, application feedback, and customer-specific requirements with the team
May be required to travel to customer facilities, jobsites, vendor locations, or company branches to support sales opportunities and project execution

Qualifications:

Organizational skills and time management
Effective communications skills both written and verbal for interface with Clients and co-workers
Ability to multitask, use initiative, and sometimes work under pressure to achieve deadlines
Motivation to contribute to and develop with the company as growth / diversification continues
Ability to work in a team environment (Field Sales, Engineering, Customer Service, Accounting)
Effective computer skills:
Microsoft Office Suite and other Company and discipline specific software applications
Customer-facing mindset with the ability to build relationships, support account development, and communicate technical value in a sales environment
Willingness to travel to customer sites, vendor facilities, branches, and field locations as business needs require
BS Engineering degree with an emphasis in electrical/instrumentation

Physical Demands

Frequently required to stand
Frequently required to walk
Continually required to sit
Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
Occasionally balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl
Continually required to talk or hear
Continually utilize visual acuity to read technical information and/or use a keyboard
Occasionally required to lift/push/carry items up to 25 pounds
Occasionally work near moving mechanical parts
Occasionally exposure to outside weather conditions
Occasionally loud noise (examples: shop tool noises, electric motors, moving mechanical equipment)

This role operates in a professional office environment with flexibility for hybrid work. Standard office equipment such as computers,…