Sales Engineer Chicago

- Systemic problem solver, the go to person for solving problems, technologies, and technical expertise.
-Relationship builder through trust, accountability, and ability to get things done for the customer, the person everyone wants to work with.
-Team leader/player in pulling the right people together to solve problems for the customer, works well with others,
-Ability to reach out and gain connections, identifies problems, and generates new sales.
-Develop and maintains relationships with customers to gain knowledge of future market and customer needs.
-Research and document new technologies which may assist in growth of the division. Develop business models for the technologies which include projected sales, potential market penetration, gross margins, risk analysis, and business feasibility.
-Develops and maintains strong client relationships with customers and end users. Ensures Parker products are specified to maintain and increase revenue by prioritizing the opportunities on an account-by-account basis to obtain optimum sales and margin results.
-Develop and maintain comprehensive technical knowledge of group/divisional products, applications, features, advantages and benefits. Keeps up with internal and external training and development.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of competitive products and their activity in the market place and provide reports, on a regular and/or monthly basis. Keeps management aware of changes which would affect the distribution of Parker products. Participates in the development and implementation of appropriate response strategies.
-Assist the divisions in planning strategy to provide the products and service required for their assigned accounts. Actively support cross divisional and group product with proper referral.