Remote Field Sales Engineer — Sweden & Denmark

Samtec; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Samtec seeks a Field Sales Engineer to cover Southern Sweden and Denmark, based at home with regular travel to customers and the Stockholm area. You will lead technical discussions, present products, and drive the design-in process from lead to mass production.

The role requires an engineering degree, proven sales orientation, fluency in English and a Scandinavian language, and the ability to work independently while coordinating with OEM/ODM/EMS teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering (or similar), business administration or equivalent related technical experience.
• Demonstrate a track record of working in a comparable sales orientated role, ideally technically oriented sales function.
• Background in component sales, ideally with both a technical and commercial focus.
• Knowledge of electromechanics and/or semiconductors is a plus but not required; detailed product training will be provided.
• A genuine interest in technology and electronics.
• Fluency in English and one other Scandinavian language (Swedish/Danish) is essential.
• Strong relationship-building, and strong interpersonal skills are essential.
• Self-motivation is essential as this person will be working from a home-based office.
• Travel throughout the area will be required approximately 3 days per week.
• A current and valid driving license.
• Being located within or close to the area of the main customer base.

Responsibilities

• Grow sales and customer base in the territory.
• Use technical expertise to conduct sales calls and drive technical discussions (i.e., manage the design-in process, from start to finish).
• Lead product presentations, web-based seminars and attend trade shows.
• Manage projects from initial customer lead through to mass production (and beyond!).
• Liaise with all types of customers (OEM, ODM, EMS and DIST) and departments (R&D, Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Production, etc).
• Work autonomously to identify and develop the customer base and project opportunities.
• Cooperate with our support functions around the world.
• Register and follow-up sales leads, projects, and customer visits.
• Work with CRM systems like Salesforce.
• Regular reporting of sales activities to management.

Skills

Sales experience

Technical sales

Relationship building

Self-motivation

English fluency

Swedish or Danish language

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Business/technical experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Samtec seeks a Field Sales Engineer to cover Southern Sweden and Denmark, based at home with regular travel to customers and the Stockholm area. You will lead technical discussions, present products, and drive the design-in process from lead to mass production.

The role requires an engineering degree, proven sales orientation, fluency in English and a Scandinavian language, and the ability to work independently while coordinating with OEM/ODM/EMS teams.