An Automation Sales Engineer at Gibson Engineering Co., Inc. is a customer-facing outside role that has the primary responsibility of growing sales with our existing customers, generating business with new customers, and improving relationships with the manufacturers that we represent. The automation sales engineer uses a combination of commercial and technical competence to drive long-term, profitable relationships with our customers with a technical focus on robotics, machine vision, safety, motion control, sensing, machine control, and data/visualization.

An Automation Sales Engineer position at Gibson Engineering Co., Inc. has the following expectations for activity during a typical workweek:

• Proactive planning and execution of sales calls/customer visits
  • 12-15 face to face (zoom or in-person) customer interactions per week
  • Pre-call Planning
  • Product demonstrations
  • Identification of customer needs
  • Product selection
  • Project scope definition/setting expectations.
  • Customer visits and strategic account planning with partner manufacturer sales engineers
• Maintain an accurate forecast of your business potentials with your customers and the manufacturers we represent.
• Formal and self-guided product training
• Product selection – determining product compatibility.
• Quote generation and Sales Process Documentation
• Territory planning and overall business strategy planning.

Requirements

• 3-5 years in a technical sales role, 3-5 years in a technical, engineering role considered
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or comparable real-world experience