Sales Engineer (OEM) Intern

Boschgroup; Vernon Hills (IL); On-site; USD 51,577,000 - 77,366,000; Full time

Job summary

Boschgroup is seeking an internship for students in their junior or senior year in engineering/technology fields to support OEM customers in a sales engineering capacity. You will coordinate, measure and report sales processes, acting as a liaison between customers and internal teams for production support and data analysis.

The role involves documenting customer activity, leveraging CRM, and identifying improvement opportunities in sales workflows.

Qualifications

• Junior or Senior year in mechanical, mechatronic, engineering technology, agriculture, electrical/electronic, or industrial engineering degreed programs.
• Undergraduate students with fluid power or hydraulics coursework are encouraged to apply.
• Previous internship in manufacturing is useful but not required.
• Interest in a sales engineering career is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support OEM customers and coordinate sales processes.
• Document customer activity and leverage CRM to improve relationships.
• Generate and maintain reports on key sales metrics for insights.
• Be a trusted liaison between customers and the company for production, development, availability, and data analysis.
• Take projects from concept to proto/production for selected customers and present outcomes.

Skills

CRM usage

Data analysis

Customer liaison

Education

Junior or Senior year in engineering/tech program

Tools

CRM software

Job description

• Responsible for supporting OEM customers, as assigned.
• Coordinate, measure, report and manage sales processes to delight our customers.
• Become a trusted liaison between customers and HydraForce, for critical commercial functions, such as production support, product development, availability, performance, data analysis, etc.
• Generate and maintain regular reports on key sales metrics, providing actionable insights to the sales team and leadership.
• Proactively work with customers and internal resources in support of achieving customer excellence goals.
• Assist Application Engineering on complex projects, preparing proposals, developing our sales advantage with good, better, and best offers.
• Document customer activity and leverage CRM to improve relationships and the customer experience.
• Collect, clean, and analyze sales data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify opportunities to streamline sales processes through data analysis and suggest improvements for increased efficiency.
• Take a manifold/application project from concept phase to possible prototype/production with a selected number of customers and present their experience at the end of the internship timeline

Open to intermittent US travel as required

• Student is entering their Junior or Senior year from quality, mechanical, mechatronic, engineering technology, agriculture, electrical/electronic, and industrial engineering degreed programs
• Undergraduate students that have had fluid power or hydraulics course work are especially encouraged to apply.
• Previous internship experience in a manufacturing environment is useful, but not necessary
• Our preference is for students who have an interest in a sales engineering career

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.

The US base hourly range for this position will be in between $18- $27 depending on the credits accumulated for the undergraduate students. Your Recruiter can share more details about the specific hourly range during the interview process.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans

*Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates who have been offered the position must pass both screenings before their start date.