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Lead Services Sales Engineer

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Eaton

Lead Services Sales Engineer

Auburn, ME

Eaton's North American Sales division is currently seeking a Lead Services Sales Engineer to join our team. This position will be based in our Lewiston, ME office and will provide electrical service solutions in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. If you are a driven professional looking to be part of a collaborative team environment, apply today!

What you'll do:

The primary function of the Lead Sales Engineer is to sell Eaton's electrical services offering to industrial, utility, commercial, data center and institutional customers in the targeted market areas. In doing so, the Lead Sales Engineer will manage the customer relationship, providing sales support and technical expertise to distributors, end users, contractors and specifiers. You will also build relationships with Eaton's internal operations and product lines to support customers and grow sales.

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Eaton's Electrical Engineering Services and Systems (EESS) Division provides a full suite of capabilities to help Eaton customer solve their electrical infrastructure needs including maintenance, troubleshooting, commissioning, equipment upgrades, turnkey projects, power system studies, training, cybersecurity, energy resiliency and sustainability and other electrical changes that they face. Eaton's service division is the largest electrical service organization in the country and EESS provides vast resources and expertise to help solve our customers' electrical infrastructure challenges. Decades of experience as an electrical equipment manufacturer and engineering service provider in the aforementioned market segments uniquely qualifies EESS to handle all facets of electrical service needs for our customers.

In this function you will:
• Consult with customers in different market verticals and provide solutions to problems and pain points
• Maintain regional responsibility for all services orders activity in Eaton's market segments
• Train and empower channel partners and manufacturing agents to sell services to end customers and contractors
• Be a subject matter expert on the services offering for the rest of Eaton's electrical sales organization to support and coach the organization in your region on selling Services
• Act as the voice of the customer to Eaton's services operations and marketing teams, ensuring high customer service and satisfaction.
• Collect, analyze and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences and buying habits
• Prepare and present quotations to customers
• Develop market-based growth strategies to ensure sustained success of Eaton's services product lines

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

• Minimum five (5) years of field service or electrical industry experience
• Possess a valid driver's license as required to travel to customer sites.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future

• No relocation assistance will be provided for this role. Candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Lewiston, ME. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation

Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field from an accredited institution is preferred
• Previous electrical sales experience

Skills:

Position Criteria:
• Possess excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of key customers and ability to grow relationships at those customers in multiple levels of the organization
• Ability to assess customer needs, provide clear, competitive quotations and overcome customer objections to win and grow the business
• Demonstrates understanding of market trends, industry issues and knowledge of competitors
• Ability to leverage support personnel to meet customer needs and work cross functionally in the organization to serve customers
• Knowledge of Eaton electrical product and service capabilities and ability to solution sell to meet customer needs
• Effective implementation of Eaton's internal sales process
• Effective interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Time management, presentation, and planning skills
• Ability to travel up to 25%

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 $116,250.00 - $170,500.00

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

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

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 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.

Client-provided location(s): Lewiston, ME, USA
Job ID: Eaton-33544Lewiston
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Assistance Program
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Summer Fridays
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)