Lead Sales Engineer

Eaton’s North American Sales division is currently seeking a Lead Sales Engineer to join our team.
This position's home office is located in Roseville, CA, and is covering the territory of Merced CA to Tulare CA.
Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates outside of a 50-mile radius of Merced CA or Tulare CA.
This role will focus on electrical products within the residential, commercial, industrial, and construction markets.
If you are looking for a long-term rewarding career that provides professional growth, look no further and apply today! The expected annual base salary range for this role is $83,651.
58 - $122,688.
98 a year.
This position is also eligible for a sales incentive program.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only.
Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do: The primary function of the Lead 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, and end users.
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It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.
In this function you will: • 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 • Provide awareness of and responsiveness 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; and • Prepare and present bids and quotations to customers using company price and delivery guidelines while using sound business judgment.
#LI-BG2 #EarlyTalent Qualifications: Required (Basic) Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution • Minimum five (5) years of electrical industry sales experience • Legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship • Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license Preferred qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering Skills: Position Criteria: • 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 • Possesses an understanding of the sales process using sales techniques as evidenced by good customer relationships • Skilled in Bidmanager and Vista • Demonstrated and 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 We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees.
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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.
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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.