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Sales Application Engineer Remote-East US (all genders)

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on increasing sales by developing new business and managing key accounts within the sensor industry. You will work closely with customers to provide technical support and launch new products, contributing to the growth of Angst+Pfister's US entity.

Qualifications

  • Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or physics.
  • At least 3 years of relevant experience in the sensor industry.
  • Expertise selling pressure or flow sensors (or sensor components).
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills.
  • Preferred: Experience with sales tracking software.

Responsibilities

  • Generate and develop new business with new customers in your designated territory.
  • Be responsible for the key account management of large existing customers.
  • Win new customers for the sensor product portfolio in industrial, medical, and transportation markets.
  • Provide technical support to customers and understand the applications and requirements of sensors.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Sales
  • Problem Solving
  • Social Skills
  • Negotiation
  • Communication
  • Organizational Skills

About the company

Angst+Pfister Sensors and Power AG logo

Angst+Pfister Sensors and Power AG

  • Industrial Machinery & Equipment
  • Startup
  • 11–50
Personal consultation, fast reaction times and customised solutions have set Angst+Pfister Sensors and Power apart for close to 30 years. Our broad and deep range of sensors, power supplies and electronic components ensures you find the right components for your particular fi eld of application. Depending on your requirements, we deliver standard products, modified standard products or customised solutions. We work exclusively with selected and proven partners that share our uncompromising commitment to reliability, durability, value for money and quality. In addition, the production and distribution of Angst+Pfister Sensors and Power's own products complement our broad portfolio. We do not leave you alone during the development phase, but always seek the best solution for your application. Our specialists have deep technical understanding and will accompany you through the whole process. Angst+Pfister Sensors and Power is an independently operating daughter company of the Angst+Pfister Group and serves customers across Europe and the globe. We are part of a worldwide network with more than 1'000 employees and 60'000 satisfied customers.

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Job description

We are where people are, and we have certainly met before - perhaps on the way to work, when you boarded the train that takes you safely to your destination every day; maybe when you enjoyed a cup of perfectly brewed coffee; maybe when you turned on the tap to fill a glass of refreshing water.

The Angst+Pfister Group is a leading global and innovative developer and manufacturer of sealing, vibration control, and sensing technology with over 2,000 employees in 24 countries on 3 continents.

Angst-Pfister is rapidly expanding its new US entity and is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Sales Application Engineer (SAE) to join our dynamic Sales Team. The SAE must increase sales through growing existing customer accounts along with a large focus on increasing our current business partnerships as well as creating new business relationships at accounts.  We want you to become a Trusted Advisor to your key customers.

This is a remote position based in the United States. Candidates must be able to work hours aligned with the Eastern Time Zone.

YOUR MISSION

You will…

  • Generate and develop new business with new customers in your designated territory.
  • Be responsible for the key account management of our large existing customers.
  • Win new customers for our sensor product portfolio in industrial, medical, and transportation markets.
  • Launch new products in close coordination with our product management and product development teams.
  • Maintain direct customer contact and relationship management.
  • Provide technical support to our customers and understand the applications and requirements of sensors.

YOUR PROFILE

  • You have a degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or physics. Alternatively, you have years of successful experience as a developer, product manager, applications engineer, or technical sales representative in the sensor industry.
  • You have at least 3 years of relevant experience in the sensor industry.
  • You have expertise selling pressure or flow sensors (or sensor components).
  • You are enthusiastic about independent, technical, and success-oriented work in harmony with our corporate culture.
  • Experience with sales tracking software.
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Ability to overcome commercial and technical objections from potential clients/customers.
  • Ability to solve problems and to deal with a variety of variables.

ANGST+PFISTER SENSORS AND POWER DNA 

Angst+Pfister Sensors and Power AG is part of the Angst+Pfister Group, headquartered in Zurich. We develop and distribute high-quality sensor and power solutions based on qualified, in-depth technical consulting and supply OEM customers in demanding industries (medical, sensory, automotive, automation, etc.) with sensors for physical and geometric quantities (pressure, gas, flow, acceleration, displacement, angle, inclination), power supplies, and drive solutions.

YOUR BENEFITS

  • You are part of a company that promotes trust and relies on your ability to self-manage and take responsibility.
  • You can work from home in the Eastern Time Zone or in our office outside of Cleveland, OH.
  • You will work in a well-established company that serves customers broadly across various industries.
  • You will be carefully introduced and have individual career opportunities.
  • You will work in a young, dynamic team in an international environment.

For more information on the benefits, visit our People & Career page here: People & Career | Angst+Pfister

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