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You will be required to establish and maintain relationships with customers and suppliers to grow sales in your territory.\nDuties/Responsibilities:\nManage customer relationships\nOnsite and in-office customer application consulting combined with proactive and reactive selling to new and existing customers\nPerform all steps of the sales cycle from investigation of new clients, to assessing the customer’s needs, recommending solutions, closing sales and providing post-sale support\nThe sales engineer must interface with key suppliers and act as an advocate for the customer in the applications process, the quoting process, the post-sales support process, and the returns and repair process when necessary\nUtilize the company’s CRM to enter and update customer and supplier information and track opportunities\nManage the pre-sale and post-sale technical support needs of the customer\nDevelop the skills of cold calling, lead follow-up, performing on site product marketing, training, and involving suppliers when necessary\nExpected 6-9 customer visits per week to discover new, and further develop existing opportunities\nAssist with trade shows and work the booth as needed\nAssist with customer training and supplier or Olympus sponsored seminars\nAssist with supplier management activities when required; primarily by attending supplier events and performing joint sales calls\nEstablish and maintain relationships and provide referrals to integrator partners\nRespond to customer complaints and quality issues\nRespond to customer and coworker action items within 24 hours and provide updates every 24 hours to ongoing tasks\nCover the duties for inside sales, applications engineers and other sales associates as needed (vacation schedules, sick days, emergencies, etc)\nKeep track of demo equipment in your possession or loaned to customers via Olympus’ tracking system\nCreate quotes in accordance with Olympus standards\nTravel to customer sites, typically within your territory, to evaluate application details and work with suppliers to provide solutions\nOut of region travel required for training - up to 10 weeks in the first year depending on existing knowledge and up to 1 week a year there after\nDevelop a territory plan and execute the plan throughout the fiscal year\nComplete Professional Sales System (PSS) training and consistently use PSS sales tools\n50-hour work weeks are the standard for a successful sales engineer\nOther duties as assigned\nQu alifications/Experience:\nMechanical, Electrical, Software and/or Mechatronics Engineering degree or equivalent experience in a technical field \nLimited knowledge of Olympus products or functionally equivalent competitor products\nIn accordance with applicable wage transparency law requirements, the typical estimated total compensation for this position is $78,000.00 - $126,000.00 per year depending on experience, including potential bonus opportunities. 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