Sales Engineer (TX, OK, AR, LA)

MAPAL Group•Port Huron, MI

8d•Remote

About The Position

MAPAL Inc. is seeking a Sales Engineer for its territory covering Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. This role involves developing and implementing sales plans, identifying new growth opportunities in the aerospace, automotive, and medical sectors, and managing distributor network partners. The Sales Engineer will also troubleshoot complex machining challenges, conduct on-site tool testing, and demonstrate total cost of ownership savings to customers.

Requirements

Education will include a mix of hands-on metal cutting manufacturing experience, military, and/or formal education equivalent to a Two to Four Year degree program in a technical discipline.
Proficiency in CNC programming (G-code), tool geometry, and metallurgy.
Ideally have a minimum of five years of cutting tooling experience.
Strong work ethic, self-motivated and must be able to work independently.
Excellent organization and time management skills.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
Strong ability as a presenter of product with the skills of persuasion and value selling.
Consultative, customer focused, and solutions oriented.
Creatively solve problems.
Must be able to travel up to 50% to meet with distributor partners and end-users within the sales region.
Qualified candidates must be located in one of these states: Texas (preferred), Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement sales plans to achieve annual sales budget goal for your assigned territory.
Identify and capture new growth opportunities within the aerospace, automotive, and medical sectors.
Promote, train and manage the MAPAL product offering to local authorized distributor network partners.
Troubleshoot complex machining challenges involving milling, turning, and hole-making & hole-finishing.
Conduct on-site tool testing and performance analysis to reduce cycle times and improve part quality.
Demonstrate total cost of ownership (TCO) savings to procurement and engineering teams at end-user customers.