Senior Sales Engineer - Project Construction & Residential Job San Antonio area,Texas USA,Sales

Senior Sales Engineer – Project Construction & Residential

This is a hybrid position where candidates must reside within 50 miles of our San Antonio, TX or Corpus Christi, TX location to be considered for this position.

What you’ll do:

Position Overview:

The primary function of the Senior Sales Engineer is to sell assigned product lines to targeted customers in targeted market areas. This position will be responsible to achieve the assigned sales goal consistent with the expectations of a seasoned professional sales engineer for the assigned product categories while under little supervision. It will be an expectation to optimize sales volume, product mix and profit margin, while increasing sales in the marketplace.

This position will need to coordinate sales for the assigned customer and distributor base. It has the responsibility to manage all aspects of the customer relationship, providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, customers, end users and specifiers.

The primary functions include providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, contractors, end users and electrical group personnel; providing timely and accurate information for order entry; elevating quality issues to management; ensuring accurate information flows to market intelligence data on competitive products, customer needs, preferences and buying habits; supporting distributor inventories and inventory turns by recommending specific products and levels to be stocked;

and providing necessary reports and surveys requested in a timely manner.

In this function you will:

Provide accurate and timely planning and specification interpretation, quotation and technical support.
Communicate with customers, warehouse and plants to facilitate problem resolutions.
Collect, analyze and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences and buying habits.
Review and interpret customer needs on plans and specifications.
Provide timely solutions to customer issues by utilizing available resources or creating procedures for resolution.
Be aware of and responsive to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions.
Plan promotional events and presentations with distributor personnel to promote Eaton’s position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals.
Prepare and present bids and quotations to customers using company price and delivery guidelines while using sound business judgment.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic)

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Minimum three (3) years of electrical industry experience.
Possess a valid driver’s license.
No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of San Antonio, TX or Corpus Christi, TX to be considered. Active‑Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.

Skills:

Excellent communication skills.
Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.
Ability to respond to a variety of circumstances while continuing to demonstrate superior selling skills for important customer services and applications.
Electrical product knowledge.
Ability to provide technical solutions built around customer needs.
Skilled in time management.
Negotiating skills while understanding and using techniques needed to close orders.
Experience with preparing sales proposals that meet customer expectations.
Robust presentation and training skills.
Experience utilizing value‑added selling techniques.
Strong work ethic, competitiveness, willingness to learn and adept at building relationships.
Experience working with Bid manager and Vista.
Ability to travel up to 25%.

All positions may require participation in video and in‑person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job‑related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

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