Sales Engineer Power Switching & Monitoring – remote

Socomec Group; Houten; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Socomec Group in the Netherlands seeks an experienced commercial field service professional to manage existing customers and acquire new accounts in the region.

You will translate customer needs into optimal SOCOMEC solutions, maintain relationships at operational and strategic levels, and drive quotations, negotiations, and project follow-up with internal teams.

Qualifications

• Completed HBO in electrical engineering or MBO with relevant experience.
• Several years of commercial field service experience in electro-technical industry.
• Knowledge of low-voltage components and energy management desirable.
• Excellent written and spoken Dutch and English.
• Willing to travel; preferably live in the northwest Netherlands.
• Hold a category B driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Manage existing customers and acquire new accounts within your region.
• Develop and maintain long-term customer relationships at operational and strategic levels.
• Coordinate with panel builders, installation companies, OEMs, consultants and end users.
• Handle quotations, negotiations and project follow-up with internal sales.
• Generate leads, quotation pipeline and orders from market information.
• Provide technical advice and translate solutions into orders.
• Collaborate with internal sales and application engineering for region targets.
• Contribute to developing and growing the service proposition.
• Travel frequently to meet clients and work with the local team in Houten.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Sales experience

Communication

Dutch language

English

Salesforce

ERP systems

Windows

Driver's license

Education

HBO/ MBO in electrical engineering

Tools

Salesforce

ERP systems

Windows

Job description

Your Goals

• Your product portfolio consists of innovative switching components for managing and protecting low-voltage installations and products for monitoring and improving energy efficiency in buildings and installations
• You are responsible for managing existing customers and acquiring new accounts within your region
• You develop and maintain long-term customer relationships at both the operational and strategic levels
• To this end, you maintain commercial contacts with panel builders, installation companies, OEMs, consultants, and end users
• In addition, you manage the quotation process, conduct negotiations, and, in collaboration with the internal sales department, supervise the follow-up of projects
• You actively approach potential customers and analyze the market using customer information obtained from the sales department to generate leads, a quotation pipeline, and orders
• For technical issues, you are able to provide customers with adequate advice and translate the proposed solution into an order
• You work closely with your colleagues in internal sales and application engineering. In this role, you'll be responsible for optimal collaboration to achieve the assigned region, contracts, and objectives (sales targets and customer satisfaction)
• You'll proactively and creatively contribute to developing and growing the service proposition
• You'll collaborate daily with the local team in Houten and international colleagues at our factories in France.

What You Bring

• You have completed a higher professional education (HBO) degree in electrical engineering or a vocational (MBO) degree supplemented with relevant work experience
• You have several years of experience in commercial field service within the electro - technical industry
• Knowledge of low-voltage components and energy management systems is desirable
• You have strong communication skills and are able to translate customer needs into the most favourable solution based on SOCOMEC products and services
• You are ambitious, entrepreneurial, commercially oriented, and results-oriented, and not afraid to roll up your sleeves
• You are a self-starter and able to work independently, but you are also a team player
• To perform this role, you are accustomed to working in an organised manner and setting priorities
• Constantly on the road? That's no problem for you. You'll spend most of your time with clients
• You have experience with Windows, Salesforce, and ERP systems
• Excellent written and spoken Dutch and English
• You preferably live in the northwest Netherlands
• You hold a category B driver's license.