Lead Services Sales Engineer
About The Position
Eaton’s North America Sales division is currently seeking a Lead Services Sales Engineer within 50 miles of Kennewick, WA, Spokane, WA, and Boise, ID. This position will also cover the state of Montana. The primary function of the Lead Sales Engineer is to sell Eaton’s electrical services offering to industrial, utility, commercial, data center and institutional customers in the targeted market areas. In doing so, the Lead Sales Engineer will manage the customer relationship, providing sales support and technical expertise to distributors, end users, contractors and specifiers. You will also build relationships with Eaton’s internal operations and product lines to support customers and grow sales.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum five (5) years of sales, field service or electrical industry experience
- Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license
- Ability to travel 25% 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-mile radius of Kennewick, WA, Spokane, WA, or Boise, ID will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- Previous electrical sales experience
- Previous services experience
- Possess excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of key customers and ability to grow relationships at those customers in multiple levels of the organization
- Ability to assess customer needs, provide clear, competitive quotations and overcome customer objections to win and grow the business
- Demonstrates understanding of market trends, industry issues and knowledge of competitors
- Ability to leverage support personnel to meet customer needs and work cross functionally in the organization to serve customers
- Knowledge of Eaton electrical product and service capabilities and ability to solution sell to meet customer needs
- Effective implementation of Eaton’s internal sales process
- Effective inclusion, interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Time management, presentation and planning skills
- Ability to travel up to 25%
Responsibilities
- Consult with customers in different market verticals and provide solutions to problems and pain points
- Maintain regional responsibility for all services orders activity in Eaton’s market segments
- Train and empower channel partners and manufacturing agents to sell services to end customers and contractors
- Be a subject matter expert on the services offering for the rest of Eaton’s electrical sales organization to support and coach the organization in your region on selling services
- Act as the voice of the customer to Eaton’s services operations and marketing teams, ensuring high customer service and satisfaction
- Collect, analyze and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences and buying habits
- Prepare and present quotations to customers
- Develop market-based growth strategies to ensure sustained success of Eaton’s services product lines
Benefits
- Health and Welfare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
