Midwest Field Sales Engineer: Plastics Equipment & Extrusion

Plastic Executive Recruiters; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + bonus

Commission opportunities

Job summary

Plastic Executive Recruiters represents an established manufacturer of industrial capital equipment seeking a Field Sales Engineer to grow its Midwest territory. You will sell complete extrusion systems and related solutions, with autonomy to develop new business while leveraging an experienced support team.

The role requires 4+ years of outside B2B sales, ability to travel 50-75%, and residence in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota or Kentucky.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of outside B2B sales experience in industrial equipment or manufacturing solutions.
• Strong technical aptitude to understand and communicate complex equipment.
• Proven success growing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Experience selling capital equipment with longer, consultative sales cycles.
• Plastics extrusion or related processing experience is a plus.
• Willingness to travel 50-75% within Midwest territory.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business opportunities while expanding relationships with existing customers.
• Sell capital equipment, extrusion systems, upgrades, retrofits, and rebuild solutions.
• Identify opportunities across plastics, building products, medical, wire and cable markets.
• Build relationships with plant managers, engineering leaders, and other manufacturing decision-makers.
• Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting and discovery through proposal and closing.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, quoting, and technical support teams to develop customer solutions.
• Maintain accurate sales forecasts, customer activity, and pipeline information within the CRM system.

Skills

Outside B2B sales

Technical aptitude

Territory management

Travel readiness 50-75%

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Plastic Executive Recruiters represents an established manufacturer of industrial capital equipment seeking a Field Sales Engineer to grow its Midwest territory. You will sell complete extrusion systems and related solutions, with autonomy to develop new business while leveraging an experienced support team.

The role requires 4+ years of outside B2B sales, ability to travel 50-75%, and residence in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota or Kentucky.