Sales Engineer - Rockford, United States - Sterling Engineering

Description

Job Description

Sterling Engineering is seeking a Sales Engineer This position is responsible for providing supporting customers through conversations, application evaluation, costing, quoting, understanding efficiency gains through product acceptance and conceptualizing customer requests to help drive quote conversion percentage.

Responsibilities:

• Manages specific projects/orders throughout the Engineering design stages while communicating with customers per application.
• Maintains continuity on custom projects for accuracy of final product compared to proposal.
• Provides quote, estimating, costing, application evaluation, quote follow up and project management as required.
• Day to day quoting involvement through applications & communication with customers to provide quotes on opportunities.
• Helps define solutions for application requests and costing quotes.
• Provides improved profitability and increased quote accuracy.
• Communicates directly with consumer from beginning of RFQ through to providing formal proposal.
• Execute accurate, detailed proposal package.
• Provides knowledge and technical training to TSR's, customer service/inside sales reps, outside sales reps and others when necessary.
• Ensures accuracy of product costing.
• Travels to end user sites to provide on-site technical support to the TSR as required.
• Work on design of product to maximize cost savings related to labor and material.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical design or similar field
• Three years mechanical design experience preferred
• Two years technical sales support experience in an industrial setting, preferably within the material handling business, demonstrating knowledge of product, channels, vertical markets and competition preferred.
• Proficiency using electronic design software and file management tools

Meet Your Recruiter

Max Francis
Technical Recruiter

Max Francis is a seasoned Engineering Recruiter specializing in the Automation Division at Sterling. With five years of invaluable experience in recruitment, Max is on a mission to help individuals find their perfect career move-one that aligns with their professional goals and supports their families.

As an Engineering Recruiter, Max excels in the Automation Division, leveraging his deep industry knowledge to connect candidates with opportunities tailor-made for their unique skill sets and aspirations. He understands that finding the right career move is a pivotal moment in people's lives, and he thrives on being a part of that journey.

What Max finds most exciting and rewarding about his work is the opportunity to guide individuals to their ideal career fit. He recognizes that this transition is an exhilarating time for most people, and he derives immense satisfaction from helping them navigate the path toward their next professional adventure.

Max's advice to job seekers is grounded in the value of connections. He believes that having a well-connected recruiter within the industry you aspire to be in can open doors to companies and positions that may not be readily available on job boards. In today's competitive job market, he encourages candidates to connect with a recruiter early in their job search journey. While he advocates for candidates to continue their independent job searches, he emphasizes the benefit of having an additional set of experienced eyes on the market.

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