Eaton’s North American Sales division is currently seeking an Outside Sales Engineer to join our team. This position is located in Nashville, TN. Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates outside of a 50-mile radius of this location. This role will focus on electrical distribution products for the residential, light commercial, and some commercial construction markets. If you are a highly motivated sales professional seeking a role in a growing and vibrant city with a solid customer base and great channel partners, apply today!

What you’ll do:

The primary function of the Sales Engineer is to sell assigned product lines to targeted customers in targeted market areas. This position will be responsible to achieve the assigned sales goal consistent with the expectations of a thoroughly seasoned professional sales engineer for the assigned product categories while under little supervision. It will be an expectation to optimize sales volume, product mix and profit margin, while increasing sales in the marketplace. This position will need to coordinate sales for the assigned customer and distributor base. It has the responsibility to manage all aspects of the customer relationship, providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, customers, end users, and specifiers.

The primary functions include: providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, contractors, end users and Electrical Group personnel; provide timely and accurate information for order entry, while elevating quality issues to attention of management, and ensuring that accurate information flows to market intelligence data on competitive products, customer needs preference and buying habits; support distributor inventories and inventory turns by recommending specific products and levels to be stocked; and provide necessary reports and surveys requested in a timely manner.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you.

• You will accurate and timely plan and specify interpretation, quotation, and technical support

• You will communicate with customers, warehouse, and plants to facilitate problem resolution

• You will collect, analyze, and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences, and buying habit

• You will review and interpret customer needs on plans and specifications

• You will provide facility timely solutions to customer issues by utilizing available resources or creating procedure for resolution

• You will be aware of and responsive to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions

• You will plan promotional events and presentations with distributor personnel to promote Eaton’s position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals

• You will prepare and present bids and quotations to customers using company price and delivery guidelines while using sound business judgment.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

• Minimum one (1) year of experience within the electrical industry

• Legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship

• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Skills:

• Time management, presentation, and planning skills

• Knowledge of Eaton Electrical product and service capabilities

• Possesses an understanding of the sales process using sales techniques as evidenced by good customer relationships

• Knowledge of Bidmanager and Vista

• Demonstrated and understanding of market trends, industry issues and knowledge of competitors

• Effective interpersonal and teamwork skills

• Ability to leverage support personnel to meet customer and organizational needs

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $78,750.00 - $115,500.00.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here (https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/careers/US%20Benefits%20updated%2010.24.22.pdf) for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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