Senior Sales Engineer

Eaton’s North America Sales division is currently seeking a Senior Sales Engineer within 50 miles of Houston, TX.  What you’ll do: 
 Position Overview:  The primary function of the Senior Sales Engineer is to sell assigned product lines to targeted customers in targeted market areas. This position will be responsible to achieve the assigned sales goal consistent with the expectations of a thoroughly seasoned professional sales engineer for the assigned product categories while under little supervision. It will be an expectation to optimize sales volume, product mix and profit margin, while increasing sales in the marketplace. This position will need to coordinate sales for the assigned customer and distributor base. It has the responsibility to manage all aspects of the customer relationship, providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, customers, end users and specifiers.    The primary functions include providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, contractors, end users and electrical group personnel; provide timely and accurate information for order entry, while elevating quality issues to attention of management, and ensuring that accurate information flows to market intelligence data on competitive products, customer needs preference and buying habits; support distributor inventories and inventory turns by recommending specific products and levels to be stocked; and provide necessary reports and surveys requested in a timely manner.   In this function you will:  •  Accurately and timely plan and specify interpretation, quotation and technical support •  Communicate with customers, warehouse and plants to facilitate problem resolution •  Collect, analyze and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences and buying habits •  Review and interpret customer needs on plans and specifications •  Provide facility timely solutions to customer issues by utilizing available resources or creating procedure for resolution •  Be aware of and respond to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions •  Plan promotional events and presentations with distributor personnel to promote Eaton’s position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals •  Prepare and present bids and quotations to customers using company price and delivery guidelines while using sound business judgment Qualifications: 
 Required (Basic) Qualifications:  •  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution  •  Minimum three (3) years of electrical industry experience •  Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license •  Ability to travel 10% of the time. •  Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc. •  No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50 miles of Houston, TX will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation Preferred Qualifications:  •  Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Skills: 
 Position Criteria:  •  Possess excellent communication skills •  Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future •  Knowledge of key customers within sales territories •  Time management, presentation and planning skills •  Commands knowledge of Eaton electrical product and service capabilities and can assemble standard offerings to meet customer needs with occasional internal oversight •  Possess an understanding of the sales process using sales techniques as evidenced by good customer relationships •  Skilled in Bidmanager