SALES ENGINEER

Innovative-IDM, LLC; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FAVR Vehicle Reimbursement Program

401K Company Match

PTO

Personal Time

Volunteer Time

Paid Holidays

Student Loan Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Medical

Dental

Vision

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Company Paid Life Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Accident & Critical Illness

Job summary

Innovative IDM, a leading industrial automation distributor, seeks a Sales Engineer to drive growth by integrating PLCs, HMIs, servo systems, and VFD solutions with customers. You will cultivate strong relationships, identify opportunities, and deliver technical presentations to showcase tailored automation solutions.

Ideal candidates have a technical background, 3+ years in technical sales, and proficiency with CRM and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or related field.
• Three or more years of sales or business development experience in technical industry.
• Strong technical knowledge of industrial automation systems and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Find, develop and maintain relationships with customers.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities to drive sales growth.
• Provide technical expertise and support to customers.
• Weekly phone work to setup face-to-face appointments.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop solutions that meet customer needs.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations to customers.
• Joint sales calls with vendor reps.
• Negotiate contracts and pricing with customers.
• Maintain accurate records of sales activities and customer interactions.

Skills

Sales experience

Technical background

Relationship building

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

CRM

MS Office

Job description

Description

Are you experienced with PLCs, HMIs, and Servo systems? Do you have knowledge and understand that application of automation products such as timers, switches, temperature controllers? Do you have experience or a background in applying and sizing VFDs and process controls? Then Innovative IDM is looking for you!

We are one of the country's premier Industial Automation and Motion Controls Distributors looking for a Sales Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and a passion for sales. As a Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for driving sales growth by identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, as well as maintaining and growing existing accounts.

We have a wide variety of customers including but not limited to food processors, machinery manufacturers, companies that form, fabricate, extrude, etc. The ideal candidate is comfortable with calling on manufacturing facilities, is an excellent problem solver, relationship builder and is comfortable promoting and demonstrating industrial electrical/mechanical parts and solutions.

Typical customers include, but are not limited to:

• Automated production facilities
• Companies that upgrade or retrofit automated machinery, or
• Simply make machines

We help these businesses battle lost productivity and erodes margins typically caused by production bottlenecks, process inefficiencies, and downtime. We are different because we don't just push products. We take the time necessary to understand our customers' products and processes. Once we have gained that valuable customer knowledge, we then combine that information with Innovative's extensive application and product knowledge to create effective solutions; solutions that reduce or eliminate production bottlenecks, help make process more efficient and increase uptime.

Responsibilities

• Find, develop and maintain relationships with customers
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities to drive sales growth
• Provide technical expertise and support to customers
• Weekly phone work to setup face-to-face appointments
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop solutions that meet customer needs
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations to customers
• Joint sales calls with vendor reps
• Negotiate contracts and pricing with customers
• Maintain accurate records of sales activities and customer interactions

We offer a competitive salary, commission and bonus package, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for career growth and development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field preferred
• 3+ years of experience in sales or business development in technical industry preferred
• Strong technical background in industrial automation systems and equipment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience with CRM
• Experience with MS office products

Benefits

• FAVR Vehicle Reimbursement Program
• 401K Company Match
• PTO
• Personal Time
• Volunteer Time
• Paid Holidays
• Student Loan Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Accident & Critical Illness