Sales Engineer

About ITT::

ITT is a leading manufacturer of critical components for harsh environments that serves fast-growing end markets in flow, aerospace and defense, energy and transportation. Building on our heritage of innovation, we partner with our customers to deliver solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.
Headquartered in Stamford, CT, we have more than 11,700 employees globally with operations in ~40 countries and sales in more than 125. At our core is our engineering DNA, with 1,280+ engineers, 1,700+ active global patents and ~51 manufacturing locations.

 

Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA: 

 

Industrial Process: A global leader in centrifugal and twin-screw pumps and engineered valves for chemical, energy, mining, and industrial applications. Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Bornemann, Habonim, Engineered Valves, Rheinhütte Pumpen and Svanehøj. 

 

Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.

 

Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA. 

Position Summary:

The primary responsibility of this position is to drive profitable revenue growth for the customers in the assigned geographic territory. This will be achieved through demand creation efforts on new programs, share capture on existing programs and supporting customer requirements on existing business.

This person will educate customers and distributor partners on our products and technical solutions offered to support our target markets. The ideal candidate will have a desire to learn, a strong interconnect and territory knowledge, and a passion for winning. This person will coordinate capture strategies with our internal team and be the primary interface to customer engineering and procurement teams.

This position will be based in Huntsville, AL and require limited travel outside of the assigned geography.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Builds and maintains influential relationships with key decision makers at customers and distributor partners.
• Understands customer applications, identifies technical requirements, and offers solutions maximizing ITT portfolio of products.
• Builds a strong pipeline of demand creation opportunities to drive continuous territory growth maintained in Salesforce.
• Responsible for achieving assigned budget and growth targets for customers and distributors located within the assigned geographic territory.
• Coordinates cross functional support required from Product Management, Engineering, Customer Service and Operations to support customer needs.

Position Requirements:

• Strong interconnect technical acumen
• Self-motivated and ability to prioritize work requirements
• Ability to build strategic customer and distributor relationships across multiple functions
• Servant leader with strong team cooperation and support
• Experience in technical sales or application engineering in the electronics industry
• Bachelor’s degree in business or technical discipline
• Ability to lead and problem solve in unstructured environments
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to travel as required to support distributors, 25% estimated

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR.  ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

 

Location:  preferred location is Huntsville, AL

 

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Equal Pay Act Statement: We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations. Equal Pay Act Range: Annual Salary Range is from $87,800.00 to $131,400.00, plus benefits & incentive plans.