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If you're eager for your next challenge, Flender is a great place to grow your career.\nFor more information on Flender, please see website: www.flender.com\nPosition Overview / Responsibilities\nTechnical and quotation sales support for Flender sales channels (Flender sales team, 3rd party sales representatives, Distributors and Repair Centers), which includes:\nSelects, prepares and presents technical and commercial proposals of gear units, couplings, spare parts and services utilizing internal selection tools.\nReviews customer technical specifications and offers gear units, couplings, spare parts or services for different types of industrial markets, such as Minerals/Mining, Oil & Gas, Material Handling, Extrusions, Pumps etc.\nResolves technical problems to meet customer requirements.\nReviews and clarifies technical & commercial requirements of customers prior acceptance of customer purchase orders.\nPrepares / clarifies requests for vendor supply components (transmitters, switches, monitoring system etc.).\nTechnical write-up of orders after acceptance of customer purchase orders.\nPrepares internal quote / purchase order related documents for management approvals.\nCommunicates with customers on all product related topics (incl. technical aspects, order documentation tracking, quote development etc.).\nCoordinates with local or HQ teams Flender technical and commercial solutions.\nSupports internal order management or procurement teams from technical point of view.\nMaintains internal sales management documents or databases.\nAcquires basic knowledge in order management to support the end-to-end process, which includes:\nClarifies (technically and commercially), processes and confirms customer purchase orders in Flender’s ERP system\nInitiates and manages material returns\nInitiates and supervises customer’s expedite requests within the Elgin organization and with intracompany suppliers\nTracks order status and supports customers with delivery dates, invoices, etc.\nSupports Flender sales channels (external sales team, sales reps, distributors) in a flexible and adequate way.\nPrepares and presents demonstration materials for internal or external parties both locally and at off-site locations.\nRequired Knowledge / Education / Skills\n1 to 2 years of sales / customer service / application engineering experiences (inside or outside sales) or BS preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or Technical Degree in related field.\nCommunication skills to be able to have technical and commercial clarifications with customers.\nIntermediate knowledge of MS Office tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).\nCapable of reviewing and understanding technical drawings / documents.\nCapable of working with others in a team environment.\nOpen and capable of analyzing and improving processes, business methods and / or technical components.\nCapable of managing tasks and setting realistic goals to achieve targets.\nExperience\nGood knowledge in a technical field or business method including the basic theoretical background. Basic business understanding.\nPreferred Requirements\nExperience working with customers in a sales setting (commercial, retail etc.).\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement\nFlender is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, other categories protected by federal, state, or local law, and regardless of whether the qualified applicants are individuals with disabilities.\nYour contact person(s) for this job posting is/are:\nJacob Stupec-HernandezFlender is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. 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