Sales Application Engineer (Illinois/Eastern Wisconsin)

MAPAL Dr. Kress SE & Co. KG; Port Huron (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + commission

Full benefits from day one

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Career development

Job summary

MAPAL Dr. Kress SE & Co. KG is seeking a results-driven Sales Engineer to develop and implement territory sales plans, driving growth across aerospace, automotive, and medical sectors.

You will train and manage distributor partners, troubleshoot advanced machining challenges, and perform on-site tool testing to optimize performance and cycle times. The role requires strong CNC, tooling, and metallurgical knowledge and a willingness to travel up to 50%.

Qualifications

• Mix of hands-on metal cutting manufacturing experience, military, and/or formal education equivalent to a two to four year technical degree.
• Proficiency in CNC programming (G-code), tool geometry, and metallurgy.
• Minimum of five years of cutting tooling experience.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Presenter of product with skills of persuasion and value selling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sales plans to achieve annual sales budget for the assigned territory.
• Identify and capture new growth opportunities within aerospace, automotive, and medical sectors.
• Promote, train and manage MAPAL product offerings to local authorized distributor network partners.
• Troubleshoot complex machining challenges involving milling, turning, and hole-making & hole-finishing.
• Conduct on-site tool testing and performance analysis to reduce cycle times and improve part quality.
• Demonstrate total cost of ownership (TCO) savings to procurement and engineering teams at end-user customers.

Skills

Sales planning

Business development

Channel partners

Problem solving

Technical consulting

Value selling

Education

Two to four year technical degree

Tools

CNC programming

Tool geometry

Metallurgy

Job description

• You develop and implement sales plans to achieve annual sales budget goal for your assigned territory.
• Business Development: Identify and capture new growth opportunities within the aerospace, automotive, and medical sectors.
• Channel Partner Development: Promote, train and manage the MAPAL product offering to local authorized distributor network partners.
• Problem Solving: Troubleshoot complex machining challenges involving milling, turning, and hole-making & hole-finishing.
• Technical Consulting: Conduct on-site tool testing and performance analysis to reduce cycle times and improve part quality.
• Value Selling: Demonstrate total cost of ownership (TCO) savings to procurement and engineering teams at end-user customers.

Your Tasks

• You develop and implement sales plans to achieve annual sales budget goal for your assigned territory.
• Business Development: Identify and capture new growth opportunities within the aerospace, automotive, and medical sectors.
• Channel Partner Development: Promote, train and manage the MAPAL product offering to local authorized distributor network partners.
• Problem Solving: Troubleshoot complex machining challenges involving milling, turning, and hole-making & hole-finishing.
• Technical Consulting: Conduct on-site tool testing and performance analysis to reduce cycle times and improve part quality.
• Value Selling: Demonstrate total cost of ownership (TCO) savings to procurement and engineering teams at end-user customers.

Your Profile

• Your education will include a mix of hands-on metal cutting manufacturing experience, military, and/or formal education equivalent to a Two to Four Year degree program in a technical discipline.
• Proficiency in CNC programming (G-code), tool geometry, and metallurgy.
• You will ideally have a minimum of five years of cutting tooling experience.
• You have a strong work ethic, self-motivated and must be able to work independently.
• You have excellent organization and time management skills.
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• You have a strong ability as a presenter of product with the skills of persuasion and value selling.
• You are consultative, customer focused, and solutions oriented.
• You creatively solve problems.
• You must be able to travel up to 50% to meet with distributor partners and end-users within the sales region.

We Offer

• You will be compensated well through a market competitive salary and commission plan.
• You will be eligible for full benefits on your first day with us! (medical, vision, dental, std, ltd, 401k)
• Based on your performance, you will have many opportunities for career development and advancement.
• MAPAL will train you both in the United States and abroad.
• We offer tuition reimbursement.
• We offer wellness programs.