Electric Automation Business Development Specialist (Southern CA/AZ)

Our curiosity has made us a driving force in automation technology for decades. Today, we have more than 20,000 employees all over the world working towards our vision of inspiring customers with intelligent and intuitive industrial automation solutions. We want to keep the world moving, so we’re looking for inventive talents and team players – in other words, colleagues who can make a real contribution. Summary of job contents Drive the development of electronic product sales in a defined geography. Provide pre-sales product and Application support. Provide basic “feature benefit” and application sales training to sales engineers and selected customers for electronic products. Electronic Products defined as: Servo and stepping motor drives and controls, mechanical ball screw and belt drive actuators, PLC’s HMI’s, CPX valve manifolds. Key accountabilities Primarily responsible for pre-sales support of all motion controllers, electric drives products (servo & stepper drives, actuators, and PLC‘s Knowledge of typical applications is required Drive the sales of electronic products through Festo Sales Engineers, Industry Segment Managers and selected distribution. These will be considered your “internal customers“ Maintain good working knowledge of new products and their applications. Works closely with US Product Management, Industry Segment Managers, District Sales Managers and the E- Drives application engineers Additional work hours in excess of normal business hours may be necessary to perform essential duties and responsibilities. Travel may be required via any means of transportation determined by Company for business reasons such as, training, customer sites/visits or a company business event. Knowledge/skills/experience Specialist Knowledge Technical knowledge X Knowledge of products X Knowledge of customers X Knowledge of market/industry segments X Knowledge of Festo as a company X Business knowledge X Management knowledge n/a Skills Language Skills: English Language Computer Skills: Computer Literate Knowledge & Experience Education BS-EE or equivalent (See below) Experience: 3-5 years of field experience sizing/selecting and commissioning servo and stepper systems in an industrial environment. Computer literate In Festo: Special experience in a particular industry segment: automotive, semiconductor, photovoltaic, food and beverage and end-line packaging Special experience in a particular function: Management experience: n/a Basic Competencies Very important Important Less important Performance orientation X Problem solving X Openness and Flexibility X Toughness X Personal planning and Organisation X Communication X Team working X Tolerance X Function-specific Competencies Very important Important Less important Strategic orientation X Critical and Entrepreneurial Thinking X Conflict Management X Innovation and Creativity X Negotiation Skills X Role model and Leadership motivation X Leading, Planning and Organizing X Delegation X The salary range for this position is $115,000-$135,000. #J-18808-Ljbffr Festo