Inside Sales Engineer

Ruhrpumpen; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial machinery manufacturer in Houston is seeking an Inside Sales Engineer. This role involves preparing customer quotations, coordinating with teams, and ensuring technical requirements are met. Candidates should have a degree in engineering or industrial distribution and at least 3 years of experience in engineered sales, with strong communication and multitasking skills. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of engineered equipment, particularly in sectors like oil & gas and chemical processing.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineered sales and/or applications experience preferred.
• Experience in oil & gas, chemical processing, or power generation is advantageous.
• Desired knowledge of hydraulics, mechanics, and pump design standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare customer quotations based on requirements.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external contacts.
• Participate in project meetings to define customer project needs.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Excellent multi-tasking

Time management skills

Experience in engineered sales

Education

Degree in Engineering or Industrial Distribution

Job description

Inside Sales Engineer (ISE)

Working at Ruhrpumpen means being part of a team that values innovation, dynamism, and creativity. Join our team, experience making a difference, and build your career!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepare timely and accurate customer quotations based on customer requirements, as well as proactive offerings of value-added alternates/solutions for the customer.
• Coordinate with both internal RP teams (OSE, product line teams, etc.) and external contacts such as key component sub vendors.
• Properly use quotation software tools, reference resources, & follow detailed RP processes.
• Work closely with sub vendors and properly qualify (both commercially and technically) sub vendor offers to ensure their offering is commercially and technically in line with RP needs for our customer.
• Understand the customer’s commercial requirements (terms and conditions, etc.) and ensure the RP quotation meets commercial as well as technical needs of the customer.
• Handle multiple tasks and projects at any time ISE will have quotation tasks in various stages of quotation life (initial quotation work, ongoing customer clarification work, order handoff to RP factories for project execution, etc.).
• As needed, participate in project meetings (at RP or customer location) to define the technical and commercial aspects that govern a customer’s project needs.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering or Industrial Distribution preferred.
• 3+ years of engineered sales and/or applications experience preferred
• Strong communication skills are essential as ISE will communicate with persons located in many areas globally (verbal and written communications)
• Excellent multi-tasking and time management skills are a must as the work is deadline-driven, and ISE will have many quotation projects in different stages of the quotation life at any given time.
• Experience/knowledge of engineered equipment, such as industrial/rotating equipment/tools, would also be considered for this role as qualifications (i.e. valves, compressors, pipes, sealing equipment, drivers, machinery, etc.).
• Experience in markets such as oil & gas, chemical processing, power generation, water transportation, & general industry lends itself well to this position.
• Desired working knowledge of hydraulics, mechanics, pumps (applications, sizing, mechanical operation), and pump design standards (API, HI, ANSI, DIN, etc.).

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Industries

• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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