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Eaton’s North American Sales division is currently seeking a Senior Sales Engineer to join its team. This role will be based in Boise, ID, and will focus on power distribution solutions for the residential, light commercial, and construction markets. This exciting opportunity provides responsibility for managing a sales territory, including customer and distributor relationships, achieving sales goals, and growing sales volume, product mix, and profit margin. The role combines technical expertise, market intelligence, customer engagement, and sales execution across assigned product lines.

The primary function of the Senior Sales Engineer is to sell assigned product lines to targeted customers in targeted market areas. This position will be responsible to achieve the assigned sales goal consistent with the expectations of a thoroughly seasoned professional sales engineer for the assigned product categories while under little supervision. It will be an expectation to optimize sales volume, product mix and profit margin, while increasing sales in the marketplace. This position will need to coordinate sales for the assigned customer and distributor base. It has the responsibility to manage all aspects of the customer relationship, providing sales and technical assistance with distributors, customers, end users, and specifiers.

• Accurate and timely plan and specify interpretation, quotation and technical support
• Communicate with customers, warehouse, and plants to facilitate problem resolution
• Collect, analyze and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences and buying habits
• Review and interpret customer needs on plans and specifications
• Provide facility timely solutions to customer issues by utilizing available resources or creating procedure for resolution
• Be aware of and respond to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions
• Plan promotional events and presentations with distributor personnel to promote Eaton’s position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals
• Prepare and present bids and quotations to customers using company price and delivery guidelines while using sound business judgment

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience in a technical or commercial field
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license
• No relocation assistance will be provided for this role. Candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Boise, ID. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

• Knowledge of key customers within sales territories
• Time management, presentation, and planning skills
• Command’s knowledge of Eaton electrical product and service capabilities and can assemble standard offerings to meet customer needs with occasional internal oversight
• Possesses an understanding of the sales process using sales techniques as evidenced by good customer relationships
• Skilled in Bidmanager and Vista
• Demonstrated and understanding of market trends, industry issues and knowledge of competitors
• Effective interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to leverage support personnel to meet customer and organizational needs
• Ability to travel up to 10%

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $107,500 - $157,500.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.