Sales Engineer Job Description
We are looking for a tech-savvy sales engineer to assist with the selling of complex scientific and technological products or services. The Sales Engineer’s responsibilities include maintaining extensive knowledge of the products parts, functions, and processes and assisting to close sales where technical expertise may be required to fit the client’s needs.
To be successful as a sales engineer, you should possess an in-depth knowledge of our company’s technical products and services and you should be able to relate this knowledge in a way that is understandable to non-technical customers. You should be driven to achieve your sales goals and should have excellent sales and customer service skills.
Sales Engineer Responsibilities
- Preparing and developing technical presentations to explain our company’s
products or services to customers.
- Discussing equipment needs and system requirements with customers and
engineers.
- Collaborating with sales teams to understand customer requirements and
provide sales support.
- Generating high-quality sales leads, following up after initial contact, securing
and renewing orders, negotiating prices, completing sales, and arranging
deliveries.
- Researching, developing and modifying products to meet customers’ technical
requirements and needs.
- Helping customers who have problems with installed products and
recommending improved or upgraded materials and machinery.
- Soliciting and logging client feedback and evaluating the data to create new sales and marketing strategies to target customers.
- Identifying areas for improvement and communicating these issues as well as
possible solutions to upper management.
- Setting and achieving sales goals and quotas.
- Training other members of the sales team on the technical aspects of the
company’s products and services.
Sales Engineer Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, marketing, business administration, or related field.
- Experience in sales and the technology field.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, customer service, and sales skills.
- The ability to relate technical information to non-technical customers.
- Excellent technical and problem-solving skills.
- Good leadership and team working skills.
- Willingness to continue your sales and engineering education.