Sales Engineer

Company: LasX Industries
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: March 14, 2023

Job Description:

FlexPak Services is seeking a self-driven and highly motivated person who possesses excellent listening, communication and problem-solving skills to fill our Sales Engineer position. The sales engineer will find, contact, and follow-up with prospective clients. Once they discover the client's needs, they will discuss our product's technological capabilities and business value. The ideal candidate should be able to clearly articulate highly technical concepts to all prospective clients.Responsibilities

• Researches sources and best strategies for developing prospective customers
• Develops new customer accounts and ensures customer retention including daily cold call reports, weekly work plans, lead entering and conversions and tracking against forecast
• Qualifies new and existing leads, including maintenance of customer information in Sales Force database
• Coordinates all customer activities while maintaining all the highest level of customer satisfaction and quality
• Gathers information on customer products and/or current issues and presents solutions
• Acquires files, specifications, budgets and quantities for customer proposals
• Clearly articulates technical capabilities and gives technical demonstrations to new and existing customers
• Follows Sales Metrics policy in submitting monthly activity reports
• Travels offsite for customer visits and other sales related activities monthly
• Maintains complete knowledge of sales procedures including: Quotations, Pricing, Terms, and Credit Requirements
• Assists General Manager in creation of various sales reports and analytics
• Obtains information regarding competitor's capabilities including strengths and weaknesses of competitive services
• Attends and participates in exhibitions, seminars, and tradeshows
• Other duties as assigned by the General ManagerQualifications
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or technology related
  • 1-3 years of experience in technical sales and/or business management
  • Ability to discuss highly technical concepts with prospective leads
  • Knowledge of flexible packaging materials, film handling equipment, industrial lasers and laser material processing is a plus
  • Thorough understanding of MS Office Suite
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to represent FlexPak in a persuasive and professional manner
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, team focused environment
  • Willingness to travel 25% of time
    
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Keywords: LasX Industries, St. Paul , Sales Engineer, Engineering , Saint Paul, Minnesota