Technical Sales - Waite Park, United States - Doherty Staffing Solutions

Description

Are you a technically minded professional? Do you have experience in precision measuring instruments and sales? Wonderful. Doherty Career Solutions is partnering with a local Waite Park, MN company as they search for a Technical Sales Professional to join the thriving team. You must have good spatial ability, rolling design ideas around in your mind to visualize customer descriptions and see potential problems or improvements. Our client is a specialty manufacturer of products for high-precision machine bases & assemblies, metrology bases or accessories. You will work closely with our experienced staff in engineering, purchasing, production, quality, and shipping to understand our capabilities, understand customer needs and devise solutions. You will receive an excellent benefit package including Health, HSA with company contributions, Flex, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Disability and Life Insurance, Immediate 401k participation with a company match, Profit Sharing Bonus Program, and Stock Options. As the Technical Sales Professional you will have a base salary plus bonuses.

What will you do in this position?

• Current customer relationships – provide top-notch service to customers. Learn the breadth of their business and exploit all opportunities for business with each customer.
• Prospecting for new business – pursue new opportunities with current customers and new prospects to grow our customer base. Find customers in relevant industries to broaden the markets we serve. New customers added are the measure of success in this area.
• Industry / Market / Customer Knowledge – Knowledge of customers, prospects and their markets is crucial to success in maintaining current business and pursuing new opportunities. Understanding both history and trends is important.
• Precision Measurement / Design Concepts / Granite Materials Knowledge – Knowledge of these elements is necessary to establish credibility and add value for prospects and customers.
• Prospecting –Continually read business and industry news to find new prospects. Researching prospects and making contact by phone, email, and on-site visits (as appropriate).
• Estimating – Estimating competitive pricing through innovative design ideas.
• Project Management – Developing overall project plans as necessary for complicated projects. Monitoring progress on those plans to ensure successful, on time completion to meet customer requirements.

Experience and Requirements

• Precision measuring instruments: 2 years
• Estimating: 2 years
• Sales: 3 years (Required)
• Manufacturing environment: 1 year (Required)
• Ability to multi-task, read mechanical drawings, understands tolerances and basic use of metrology and application.
• Proven success in a technical sales or application engineering role.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Production process knowledge and routing experience.
• Knowledge of commercial business concepts and of motion control or opto-mechanical systems.

How to apply? Qualified individuals should submit a resume for this opportunity or call the Doherty Recruiter for additional information.

You could be just the right applicant for this job Read all associated information and make sure to apply.