Sales Engineer - Detroit

Verto People Ltd; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier medical plan

Voluntary dental and vision

Company-paid disability insurance

Company-paid insurances

401K match

11 paid holidays

15 vacation days

5 sick days

Company-leased automobile

Job summary

Verto People Ltd. is seeking a Sales Engineer / Automation Sales Specialist to cover Michigan, selling to machine builders and plants with base salary plus commissions. The role combines remote engagement with on-site visits across the region.

Ideal candidates are commercially driven technical sales professionals who enjoy prospecting, developing accounts, understanding customer challenges and presenting practical automation solutions both remotely and face to face.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, technical or business field.
• Experience selling to machine builders and manufacturing plants.
• Based in Michigan and willing to cover the region.

Responsibilities

• Manage existing and new customer relationships across Michigan.
• Engage with customers and prospects on automation solutions and related products.
• Sell to machine builders and manufacturing plants.
• Define customer challenges and develop suitable automation solutions.
• Three days of customer visits, two days in the office.
• Apply technical product knowledge to solve automation challenges.
• Communicate with customers via web conferences, LinkedIn, phone and in-person meetings.
• Visit customer sites for larger projects to review machinery and applications.

Skills

Technical sales

Industrial automation

Account management

Customer relationships

Solution selling

Remote/face-to-face selling

Prospecting

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CRM, Salesforce

Job description

Sales Engineer / Automation Sales Specialist / Account Manager
Detroit, Michigan
$117,000 - $125,000 base salary + commission

Sales Engineer required to join a Global manufacturing within industrial automation. The Sales Engineer will work remotely covering Michigan, selling to machine builders and manufacturing plants to identify process improvements and deliver technical automation solutions.

This would suit a commercially driven technical sales professional who enjoys prospecting, developing accounts, understanding customer challenges and presenting practical solutions both remotely and face to face.

Benefits:

• $117,000 - $125,000 base salary + commission
• Top-tier medical plan with no deductible
• Voluntary dental and vision plans
• Company-paid long-term disability and short-term disability insurance
• Additional company-paid insurances
• 401K programme with 100% company match up to 6% of pay after six months
• Eleven paid holidays per calendar year
• 15 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days
• Company-leased automobile with 100% maintenance

The Sales Engineer / Automation Sales Specialist / Technical Account Manager Role:

• Manage existing and new customer relationships across Michigan
• Engage with customers and prospects on industrial automation solutions, engineering products, sensors, machine vision, IIoT solutions, control panel products, etc
• Selling to machine builders and manufacturing plants
• Define customer challenges clearly and support the development of suitable automation solutions.
• 3 days customer visits, 2 days office based
• Use technical product and application knowledge to solve industrial automation challenges.
• Communicate with customers through web conferences, LinkedIn, phone calls and in-person meetings.
• Attend customer sites for larger projects to evaluate machinery, review applications and present solutions.

Requirements:

• Experience as a Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Sales Representative, Sales Executive, Business Development Engineer, Account Manager, Automation Sales Specialist, Outside sales or similar
• Technical sales experience, ideally within industrial automation, engineering products, sensors, machine vision or a related technical products
• Degree qualified – Engineering, technical or business related
• Experience selling to machine builders, manufacturing plants or automation-led environments would be beneficial
• Must be based in Michigan and willing cover this region