Outside Sales Engineer - OEM (Midwest)

The Role

The Outside Sales Engineer will drive sales growth in North America, focusing on high-growth market sectors. As the Outside Sales Engineer, you will support all aspects of the sales process, from qualifying new customers to cultivating relationships with existing customers to generating sales opportunities for our products, systems, and services.

Responsibilities

• Utilize your excellent communication and networking skills to nurture relationships and sales growth with our customers.
• Develop proposals, including the ability to perform basic thermal calculations to determine proper heating requirements and design effective heating solutions.
• Efficiently manage and process the various aspects of the order cycle, such as order entry, approval drawings, and material returns authorizations.
• Assist with reclaiming previous business while managing and growing sales within a defined customer list.
• Monitor sales and bookings for assigned accounts.
• Develop and nurture a culture of creativity in approach to business development.
• Attend industry events that drive awareness of the solutions and create relationships with key contacts at the venue, brand, ownership, management, and developer level.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience with outside sales and/or within the service industry.
• A Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering is preferred; other technical degrees are also considered.
• Self-motivated and results-oriented, with a track record of exceeding sales goals.
• Travel requirements: up to 50%.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across departments to achieve goals and meet deadlines.
• Proven working experience with problem-solving, thinking creatively, and resolving personnel and project-related issues promptly.
• Proven working experience successfully multi-tasking while possessing a strong sense of urgency.
• Excellent organization, documentation, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must reside within the Midwest region: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City, Sioux Falls, Bismarck, Fargo, and Chicago.

Skills

• Excellent communication and networking skills.
• Ability to perform basic thermal calculations.
• Effective proposal development.
• Order cycle management.
• Customer relationship management.
• Industry event attendance and networking.

Benefits

• Chromalox is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay

Negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Remote approved; must reside within the sales territory.