Field Sales Engineer - Texas
Baumer Group is a leading international manufacturer of sensors and measuring instruments for factory and process automation. We owe this success to our approximately 2,800 employees worldwide, who are passionate, expert, and committed to finding the best solutions for our customers.
The position is responsible for sales growth of Baumer's products within the assigned territory (Texas). As an expert in automation technology, become a trusted partner to our customers for guiding the selection of the appropriate sensor for their application. Help maintain our competitive position in the market by sharing market insights (industry trends, new products) with product management.
What I Do
- Promote and sell Baumer products within the assigned territory (Texas)
- Prospect, develop and secure new customers to expand Baumer's market share.
- Nurture relationships at existing accounts to maintain and expand our share there
- As an expert in automation technology, become a trusted partner to our customers for guiding the selection of the sensors for their application
- Prepares account plans, sales forecast and targets for approval
- Perform customer visits and follow up on assigned leads
What I Need For It
- 4 years degree (technical degree preferred)
- 3+ years of experience in outside technical sales or relevant professional experience
- Knowledge of B2B selling
- Knowledge of the industrial market(s) including factory automation
- Knowledge of engineering principles and practices related to building automation systems
- Proficient computer skills including MS Office applications (i.e. PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
- Willingness to travel domestically (35% +)
This is evident in
- Must be a self-starter and work well without supervision
- Sales hunter: customer proactive outreach, cold calling
- Exceptional customer focus: ability to maintain awareness of, and seek to meet the needs and wants of the customer without being prompted
- Negotiation skills
- Strong verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
Further Requirements
- Applicants must hold a valid work authorization in the United States.
Advantages
- Infrastructure & Equipment: Depending on the location, we provide free parking, dressing rooms with shower, clothing discounts and other benefits.
- Food: We provide subsidized good food, special compensation during night shifts with fruit and mineral water provided «in-between».
- Work Life Balance & Family: We support families and arrange working hours as flexibly as possible. And very importantly, unforeseen incidents and difficult times also have a place with us.
- Events: Yes we can celebrate. For example, at our legendary summer parties or during our Christmas celebrations. Or our team events. We're also quite competitive when it comes to sporting events.
- Employee welfare & bonus system: We say thank you for many years of loyal commitment or external job recommendations. We very much appreciate personal commitment and give something back.
- Health: We have high standards for safety at work and support our employees' health with special programs to stay fit and healthy.
- Social benefits: Depending on the location, we support our employees with attractive conditions for pension, accident and special leave.
- Young Talent: We provide our specialists of tomorrow with top training. But there are also other experiences that are best had when you're young. Joint camps with various sports and group activities, for example.
- Knowledge & Learning: In addition to language courses, we offer company-specific training, depending on the occupational field. And so that one hand knows what the other is doing, we enable assignments in other areas of work.
- Allowances & Discounts: Depending on the location, our employees benefit from special conditions and discounts in the areas of sports, leisure and clothing.
Questions regarding the application?
Judith Sanchez
Director of Finance & Controlling North America
+1 860 620 6375