Full Job Description
Job Title: Technical Inside Sales Manager
Reports to: Director ECS - North America
FLSA Status: Exempt
Summary
The Technical Inside Sales Manager plays a vital role in driving customer engagement, supporting Field Sales, Customer Service and strengthening the overall sales process. This position is a key enabler for new customer acquisition, high value opportunities, CRM data management, and ensuring seamless collaboration across Staubli departments and business units. The successful candidate will be technically minded, detail-oriented, and capable of supporting both commercial and technical initiatives within Staubli's electrical connector markets including Renewable Energy, Industrial, PTD, Emobility and Test and Measure.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Be responsible for the direct management of the quoting department and S&OP
• Work in close collaboration with Local Director, Head of Sales and Legal and Compliance to assist, process, create, revise or negotiate business contracts including terms & conditions, non-disclosure agreements, purchase agreements, pricing agreements, tooling agreements and statements of work.
• Assist with urgent inquiries, including quotations, delivery improvement or relevant time sensitive actions.
• Support accuracy and maintenance of CRM data, ensuring all tasks are completed in a timeline manner.
• Work in collaboration with field sales to follow up on strategic web, print, and marketing-generated leads to qualify and advance opportunities.
• Support quoting activities including strategy for high value opportunities.
• Contribute to sales strategy development and execution across assigned markets.
• Provide first-level technical support for select incoming customer requests and coordinate with engineering and field sales for advanced inquiries.
• Engage with customers on-site, including responsibility for company tours, presentations, and events.
• Manage customer satisfaction and help develop proactive improvement measures.
• Support creation and maintenance of internal sales procedures and best practices
• Collaborate with marketing to align sales messaging, campaigns, and lead generation activities.
• Assist with sales forecasting and contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Participate in and prepare presentations for senior management and strategic reviews.
• Maintain awareness of competitors, market trends, and new product developments.
• Lead or contribute to special projects when gaps in support exists (i.e. Open positions, outside of core business, availability, etc.)
• Work collaboratively with Field Sales, Customer Service, Engineering, Operations, and Management on special project requests.
• Support with new employee trainings
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must:
• Become a product expert in all product groups.
• Strong knowledge of industrial applications and settings.
• Excellent sales process techniques and clear understanding of lead generation, nurturing and transfer.
• Clear knowledge of sales cycles and strategy adaptation.
• Use good oral and written communication skills to work effectively with customers and other staff.
• Ability to conduct research independent of management support via web, colleagues and customers.
• Highly organized and able to optimize or develop new process.
• Be a team player willing to assist where needed, be a self- starter and work under limited supervision.
• Be able to use critical thinking and problem solving to resolve customer issues.
• Exhibit computer skills: Microsoft Office, CRM, SAP, Data Visualization (SQL, Power BI, Filemaker)
Education and/or Experience
A college degree in business administration or engineering is required.
5+ years of industrial (B2B) selling experience inside or outside is required.
2+ years in a leadership, team lead or direct management role
P&L familiarity a plus
Must be a US Citizen and able to pass a background check for defense contractors.
Travel
Minimal travel within the US or Mexico
Additional Information
Located on the Town Green in Windsor, we offer a welcoming work environment. We take our work, but not ourselves, too seriously. We offer an excellent benefits package, plus an additional vesting income plan, as well as a lucrative Sales Incentive Plan. We are a 140 year old Swiss company, with roots in North America for over 50 years. We are the home of the MC4 and Combitac. Find out more!!