Senior Outside Sales Engineer

Eaton Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 107,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Senior Outside Sales Engineer for the Houston, TX area within a 50‑mile radius. You will sell assigned product lines to targeted customers and coordinate with distributors, end users, and specifiers, managing the full customer relationship with a focus on growth and profitability.

The role requires technical sales expertise, strong communication, and the ability to travel up to 10% to support distributors, customers, and field engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum three (3) years of electrical industry experience.
• Valid driver's license required.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.
• No immigration sponsorship or relocation benefits offered; candidates within 50 miles of Houston, TX will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Plan, interpret, quote and provide technical support accurately and timely.
• Communicate with customers, distributors, and plants to resolve issues.
• Collect and use market intelligence on competitors and customer needs.
• Review customer plans and specifications to identify solutions.
• Provide timely solutions to customer issues using available resources.

Skills

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Sales knowledge

Time management

Presentation skills

Teamwork

Customer relationships

Market awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Bidmanager

Vista

Job description

Eaton's North America Sales division is currently seeking a Senior Outside Sales Engineer within 50 miles of Houston, TX.

What you'll do:

Position Overview: The primary function of the Senior Sales Engineer is to sell assigned product lines to targeted customers in targeted market areas. This position will be responsible to achieve the assigned sales goal consistent with the expectations of a thoroughly seasoned professional sales engineer for the assigned product categories while under little supervision. It will be an expectation to optimize sales volume, product mix and profit margin, while increasing sales in the marketplace. This position will need to coordinate sales for the assigned customer and distributor base. It has the responsibility to manage all aspects of the customer relationship, providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, customers, end users and specifiers.

The primary functions include providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, contractors, end users and electrical group personnel; provide timely and accurate information for order entry, while elevating quality issues to attention of management, and ensuring that accurate information flows to market intelligence data on competitive products, customer needs preference and buying habits; support distributor inventories and inventory turns by recommending specific products and levels to be stocked; and provide necessary reports and surveys requested in a timely manner.

• Accurately and timely plan and specify interpretation, quotation and technical support
• Communicate with customers, warehouse and plants to facilitate problem resolution
• Collect, analyze and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences and buying habits
• Review and interpret customer needs on plans and specifications
• Provide facility timely solutions to customer issues by utilizing available resources or creating procedure for resolution
• Be aware of and respond to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions
• Plan promotional events and presentations with distributor personnel to promote Eaton's position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals
• Prepare and present bids and quotations to customers using company price and delivery guidelines while using sound business judgment

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years of electrical industry experience
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver's license
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50 miles of Houston, TX will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Skills:

Position Criteria:

• Possess excellent communication skills
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future
• Knowledge of key customers within sales territories
• Time management, presentation and planning skills
• Commands knowledge of Eaton electrical product and service capabilities and can assemble standard offerings to meet customer needs with occasional internal oversight
• Possess an understanding of the sales process using sales techniques as evidenced by good customer relationships
• Skilled in Bidmanager and Vista
• Demonstrated an understanding of market trends, industry issues and knowledge of competitors
• Effective interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to leverage support personnel to meet customer and organizational needs
• Ability to travel up to 10%

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $107,250 - $157,300.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.

Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.