Motivated Sales Engineer with proven track record of building and growing sales territories in competitive environments. Dedicated to building rapport and maintaining loyal customer relationships through understanding needs and creating individual solutions. Offering deep technical knowledge with strong communication skills to help customers understand product offerings.
-Managed a fully developed territory focusing on market penetration for factory automation products.
-Worked with OEM’s and corporate engineers to win product specifications.
-Mentored new sales engineers to share experience and ensure their success and goals are achieved.
-Focused on mapping out larger end users to increase penetration across multiple divisions.
-Coordinated larger projects for clients by bringing together multiple products and divisions for a cohesive solution.
-Engaged in market research to provide product improvement recommendations and requests direct from customers.
-Managed an exclusive territory in which I increased brand recognition for factory automation products.
-Solved applications in manufacturing environments by utilizing my wide range of solutions and network of qualified integration professionals.
-Served as a technical expert for my product lines offering both front and back end support to clients.
-Directly negotiated pricing with customers to ensure all sales were mutually beneficial.
-Established lasting relationships with end users and OEM’s to ensure future business.
-Worked to continuously discover contacts within new and existing clients.
-Visited manufacturing facilities to gain industry knowledge and build relationships
-Investigated competitor technical specifications, product data and industry standards and continually developed knowledge of product offerings.
-Completed extensive sales and technical training at corporate HQ.
-Worked alongside senior sales personnel to develop successful sales practices.
-Called on cold and warm leads to discover potential projects.
-Entered, updated, and maintained daily activity and prospect information.
-Identified customer needs by reviewing account information and conduction needs assessments.
-Called on new and existing accounts to drive business and maintain relationships.
-Cold called prospective customers.
-Managed performance of team members by conducting performance appraisals.
-Interviewed, hired, and trained employees and managed work scheduling.
-Analyzed productivity reports to manage overall performance.
-Closely monitored sales dollars vs sales budget and implemented plans to exceed budget.
-Served as primary contact for all Spanish speaking accounts out of my store.
-Sourced employees for other locations within the company.
-Maintained and adjusted inventory levels to minimize interest on inventory and maximize profits.
-Collaborated with internal editorial personnel to verify all marketing media aligned with brand positioning initiatives.
-Reviewed ongoing marketing trends to integrate successful strategies from third-parties into ongoing marketing development efforts.
-Reported on research findings through digital reports and face to face presentations to update project leaders on current data.
-Generated sales leads by sourcing prospects from competitors' publications.
-Engaged customers and built connections to drive long term sales through monthly ad programs.
-Assisted with website maintenance and created new landing pages for online products and campaigns.
-Cold called prospects sourced through company ACT! database.
Assisted with design and setup of tradeshow booth at IMTS.
-Designed email marketing campaigns to drive sales and create new advertising opportunities.