Senior Outside Sales Engineer
Position Overview
The primary function of the Senior Sales Engineer is to market and sell Eaton’s products and services to obtain orders that are profitable to Eaton. The position is expected to achieve electrical components sales for distribution and controls in the Louisiana/southern Arkansas territory.
This is a home-based position where candidates for this role must reside within 50 miles of our Minden, LA location to be considered for this position. Upon hire, one must be in the Grapevine, TX office a few days a week for onboarding and training and come to the office for occasional meetings.
Qualifications Required (Basic)
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum three (3) years of commercial or technical experience
- Possess a valid driver’s license
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
Skills
- Possess excellent communication skills
- Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future
- Electrical product knowledge
- Ability to provide technical solutions built around customer needs
- Skilled in time management
- Possess negotiating skills while understanding and using techniques needed to close orders
- Experience with preparing sales proposals that meet customer expectations
- Robust presentation & training skills
- Experience utilizing value-added selling techniques
- Strong work ethic, competitiveness, willingness to learn and adept at building relationships
- Experience working with Bidmanager and Vista
Benefits
The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $107,250 - $157,300. Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton knows that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview.