Leister Technologies LLC Hiring for Field Sales Engineer at Denver, CO Full Time

Leister Technologies, LLC has an immediate full-time opening in the Northwest Region for a Field Sales Engineer on our Industrial Heat team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our rapidly growing company. Position will be remote based working from a home office and requires frequent travel into the territory.

Primary responsibility involves a consultative sales approach focusing on the utilization of hot air in automation equipment applications (drying, curing, shrinking, etc.). The main focus will be to develop industrial heater sales and supporting other opportunities as they develop in the Northwest Region (WA, OR, UT, CO, ID, MT, WY and AK).

Primary Sales & Marketing Responsibilities Include:

• Establish, prospect, develop, and maintain business relationships with current customers and prospective customers in the assigned territory for the organization’s Process Heat products.
• Continuous contact with existing and prospective customers via in-person visits, telephone, and email communication.
• Become an expert at specifying the proper tool/equipment to satisfy each customer’s unique hot air application.
• Develop strong relationships with OEM’s, machine builders and System Integrators to create specific repeat business.
• Collaborates with LTUS Process Heat team in the resolution of day-to-day customer and operational issues.
• Promotes positive relations and ensure optimum networking opportunities with vendors and associations (material suppliers, suppliers of ancillary equipment, automation houses, machine builders, customer supplier open houses, material & market segment associations).
• Prepares for and attends exhibits, conferences, meetings, and other local, regional, and national promotional opportunities.
• Promote and support Plastic Fabrication & Technical Textile opportunities as they arise.

Minimal Job Requirements and Additional Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and/or 3-5 years industrial sales experience.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.
• Knowledge of industrial applications and general assembly techniques related to automation and industrial air heaters preferred.

Practical Experience / Additional Skills:

• Strong problem solving and analysis skills.
• Ability to negotiate and manage contractual arrangements.
• Ability to develop, plan, and implement short and long-range goals.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both orally and in writing, and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of co-workers in a diverse community, fostering a cooperative work environment.
• Ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset.

Company Description
Leister Technologies LLC (www.leisterusa.com), with U.S. headquarters in Itasca, IL and satellite office’s in Tiverton, RI and Fremont, CA, is a subsidiary of Leister Technologies AG. These offices support the sales and service of Leister’s full line of process heat, plastic welding, laser and microsystem products through its wide network of distribution partners across North America.

Leister Technologies AG (www.leister.com) is a Swiss-based company belonging to the Leister Group; it has a global market presence and prides itself on lasting customer satisfaction. The highest product quality, high innovation rate, extensive experience of its employees, and outstanding services are all clear benchmarks of this.

For over 60 years, Leister has been a world leader in plastics processing with hot-air, hot-wedge and extrusion welder technology. To assure customers can always rely on the renowned Leister quality, the company develops and produces all products and accessory parts in Switzerland in compliance with the strict ISO 9001 standard.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 – $82,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: On the road