Sales Engineer - Lubricants

FUCHS LUBRICANTS CO.; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

FUCHS Lubricants Co. is seeking a Lubricants Sales Engineer for our Specialty division. You will drive new business development while managing existing accounts, delivering technical solutions, and engaging at corporate and design levels.

The role reports to the National Sales Manager and requires strong organizational skills, cross-functional collaboration, and up to 50% travel nationwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field is desired.
• 3+ years of experience in component design engineering.
• Solid knowledge of MRO oils and industrial industries.
• Current MLT or CLT certifications or the desire to obtain within 6 months.
• Interest in sales and account management and closing sales processes.
• Consultative selling abilities and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to identify new client opportunities and prospect accordingly.
• Identify opportunities to grow current accounts within the segment.
• Decision-making and negotiation skills, with the ability to work under pressure.
• Proactive, goal-oriented, and capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Team spirit and ability to work in international teams.
• Proficiency in MS-Office and CRM (Salesforce desired).
• Ability to travel frequently on short notice.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business opportunities with existing and new accounts.
• Drive new business by engaging with corporate and design engineering levels.
• Establish new business through referrals and planned sales calls.
• Manage assigned accounts and increase sales with new and existing customers.
• Develop customer strategies with National Sales Manager and Segment Leaders.
• Create alternative service concepts and value propositions for accounts.
• Conduct market research to identify opportunities and monitor competitors.
• Represent the company at regional industry events and tradeshows.

Skills

Sales

Account management

Technical aptitude

Consultative selling

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Salesforce

CRM

Job description

MOVING YOUR WORLD By Focusing On Your Success

FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow. We stand behind our core values: trust, creating value, respect, reliability, and integrity. Ours is a culture that fosters creativity and empowerment, values work/life balance, and gives you the freedom to excel. At FUCHS we aim to nurture your capabilities, ideas and career.

Salary

FUCHS offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience in a similar position. The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $120,000 per year, as well as participation in the company's unlimited commission plan, but actual salary will vary depending upon a new hire’s experience and qualifications as well as internal equity.

Your Responsibilities

We are seeking a dynamic and technically adept individual to learn and grow as a Lubricants Sales Engineer with our Specialty division. This role, reporting to the National Sales Manager, requires a blend of technical aptitude, curiosity to uncover customer problems, along with strong organizational and project management skills. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving new business development while managing existing accounts and providing technical solutions to our clients.

Additional Responsibilities

Business Development:

• Proactively develop business opportunities with existing and new accounts.
• Drive new business development by engaging at the corporate and design engineering levels of accounts.
• Establish new business through referrals and identifying potential future customers via planned and organized sales calls.
• Manage the business with assigned accounts, committing to increase sales to these accounts and new accounts.
• Develop clear customer strategies working closely National Sales Manager and Segment Leaders.
• Develop alternative service concepts and value propositions for assigned accounts.
• Conduct ongoing market research to identify market opportunities and maintain knowledge of competitors.

Customer Engagement

• Represent the company in regional industry events and tradeshows, collaborating with Marketing and other internal stakeholders to prepare for such events.
• Conduct onsite product training for clients through product presentations, hands-on interactions, and utilizing available product management team and field application engineers.
• Develop and maintain extensive knowledge of key accounts' worldwide activities, product portfolio, and applications.
• Represent customer interests towards the company and vice versa.

Travel

• 30 - 50% national travel required.

Qualifications We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field desired. (Chemistry, Engineering, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience in component design engineering.
• Solid knowledge of MRO oils and industrial industries.
• Current MLT or CLT certifications or the desire to obtain within a 6-month period.
• Interest in sales and account management and closing sales processes.
• Consultative selling abilities and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to identify new client opportunities and prospect accordingly.
• Identify opportunities to grow current accounts within the segment.
• Decision-making and negotiation skills, with the ability to work under pressure.
• Proactive, goal-oriented, and capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Team spirit and ability to work in international teams.
• Proficiency in MS-Office applications and CRM (Salesforce desired).
• Ability to travel frequently on short notice.

These Are Your Benefits

FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow as professionals. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that will expand your experience and challenge your abilities in the global marketplace. The position also offers an excellent compensation package and a comprehensive suite of benefits. Detailed benefit information can be found at this link: https://fuchs.com/us/en/benefits .

FUCHS Lubricants Co. is an equal employment opportunity (EEO)/AA employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace (m/f/d/v).

Do you have any questions? Jordan Hallow ([e-mail]) will be more than happy to answer them!