Technical Sales Engineer Automation

Technical Sales Engineer Automation in Spreitenbach

Do you understand technology and enjoy actively approaching people? In this sales role, you combine customer consulting, new customer acquisition, and technical solutions.

We are looking for a sales engineer for a technology-oriented Swiss SME. The company combines technical consulting and engineering for industrial applications and works with mechanical engineers, plant constructors, and manufacturing companies.

What to expect

• You acquire new customers in the B2B environment of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and further develop existing business relationships.
• You monitor the market, identify possible areas of application, and specifically approach suitable companies.
• You clarify your customers' needs and work together with the internal sales team to develop appropriate offers.
• You discuss technical and commercial questions with contacts from technical and purchasing departments.
• For complex issues, you coordinate with specialists from support and engineering.
• You represent the company at trade fairs and customer events.
• You maintain contacts, sales opportunities, and next steps in the CRM.
• You pursue your sales targets and regularly keep the sales management informed about your activities.

What you bring

• You have experience in technical field sales, ideally in automation, drive technology, or mechanical engineering.
• You have a technical basic education or a technical degree, for example in automation, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or mechatronics.
• You enjoy making new contacts and are not afraid of active acquisition and cold calling.
• You communicate convincingly, work independently, and consistently pursue agreed goals.
• You speak very good German and can communicate well in English.
• You live in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and enjoy travelling for customer visits.

Why you would fit

• You do not have to solve technical questions alone: support and engineering are there to assist you with demanding issues.
• You want to understand customers' applications first and show suitable possibilities, rather than just offering products.
• You are equally comfortable with new customer acquisition and the long-term development of existing relationships.
• You enjoy working independently and also appreciate the exchange with internal sales, technical teams, and sales management.
• A structured CRM working method helps you reliably develop contacts and sales opportunities.

Onboarding & training

At the beginning, you familiarise yourself with the technical solutions, customer applications, and sales processes. In exchange with support, engineering, and internal sales, you learn which questions you clarify directly in customer conversations and where you involve specialist knowledge from the team.

A customer is evaluating a technical application and wants to know which solution fits their requirements. You listen carefully, assess the need, and clarify open technical points with the responsible specialists. Afterwards, you coordinate a suitable offer and record the next steps in the CRM.

With growing market and product knowledge, you further develop your customer relationships, identify new sales opportunities, and take on more responsibility for your area. In doing so, you combine independent field sales activity with the support of a technical team.

What is offered

• A versatile sales role with room to develop your own customer relationships and market activities.
• Technical support from experienced specialists in support and engineering.
• A specialised product and service offering for industrial applications.
• Demonstration materials with which you can clearly present technical solutions to customers.
• Short decision-making paths in a dynamic SME environment.
• Fixed salary and annual bonus as well as a company car and a smartphone, also for private use.
• Six weeks’ holiday, good social benefits, and flexible working options with modern cloud IT.

Next steps

Please apply directly online by clicking on Apply online now.

If you have any questions, your contact person is happy to assist you via WhatsApp.

If we want to get to know you better, we will invite you to a personal interview. Beforehand, we conduct a time-shifted video interview. A possible second interview and an assessment follow with the employer.

This stays between us!

Regardless of your employment relationship, we guarantee the highest confidentiality of your application. Telephone interviews, interviews, and further meetings are also possible after working hours or optionally on Saturdays.

*Our client and we promote diversity and equal opportunities and invite qualified candidates of any gender to apply. We also appreciate clever minds who use tools purposefully and are pleased when automated AI applications are complemented with a fine cake recipe. For reasons of better findability and clarity, the job title may differ from the internal job designation.