Inside Sales Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

• Prepare timely and accurate customer quotations based on customer requirements, as well as proactive offerings of value-added alternates/solutions for the customer.
• Cook up coordination with both internal Ruhrpumpen teams (Outside Sales Engineers, product line teams, etc.) and external contacts such as key component sub vendors.
• Properly use quotation software tools, reference resources, & follow detailed Ruhrpumpen processes.
• Work closely with sub vendors and properly qualify (both commercially and technically) sub vendor offers to ensure their offering is commercially and technically in line with Ruhrpumpen needs for our customer.
• Understand the customer’s commercial requirements (terms and conditions, etc.) and ensure the Ruhrpumpen quotation meets commercial as well as technical needs of the customer.
• Handle multiple tasks and projects at any time. ISE will have quotation tasks in various stages of quotation life (initial quotation work, ongoing customer clarification work, order handoff to Ruhrpumpen factories for project execution, etc.).
• As needed, participate in project meetings (at Ruhrpumpen or customer location) to define the technical and commercial aspects that govern a customer’s project needs.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or Industrial Distribution preferred.
• 3+ years of engineered sales and/or applications experience preferred.
• Strong communication skills are essential as ISE will communicate with persons located in many areas globally (verbal and written communications).
• Excellent multi-tasking and time management skills are a must as the work is deadline-driven, and ISE will have many quotation projects in different stages of the quotation life at any given time.
• Experience/knowledge of engineered equipment, such as industrial/rotating equipment/tools, would also be considered for this role as qualifications (i.e., valves, compressors, pipes, sealing equipment, drivers, machinery, etc.).
• Experience in markets such as oil & gas, chemical processing, power generation, water transportation, & general industry lends itself well to this position.
• Desired working knowledge of hydraulics, mechanics, pumps (applications, sizing, mechanical operation), and pump design standards (API, HI, ANSI, DIN, etc.).