Inside sales engineer key account

Inside Sales Engineer Key Account

Application deadline:

Workplace: Hybrid Position

Job Location (Short): Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Contract Type: Full-Time

Employment Type: Regular

Inside Sales Engineer, Key Account

Peerless: having no equal; matchless, unrivaled. At Peerless, a Grundfos subsidiary, our team of experts come together with a common passion for manufacturing sustainable pumps that provide peace of mind. Our pumps create more reliable food supplies, clean and safe water, and keep life and property safe around the globe. For nearly a century, the Peerless brand has helped keep people safe where they live, work, and play. We are Pioneers. We are united. We are Peerless! Join our united team!

What is the job about?

The role of the Inside Sales Engineer for Key Accounts is to provide all technical and pricing support directly to our commercial Fire Key Accounts and their engineer business partners. This position will work closely with Key Account Manager and the Customer Success Manager for Key accounts, providing full sales cycle support from preliminary budget product quotations through final UL/FM pump submittal document packages. This position reports directly to the Fire Team Lead and will operate out of the Indianapolis, IN facility in a hybrid function. Relocation for this position cannot be supported and qualified candidates must have authorization to work in the USA without support.

Your main responsibilities :

• Review product specifications to determine technical requirements, including but not limited to: equipment selection, sizing, costing, and customization of the Peerless product to meet the individual Key Account needs.
• Provide preliminary pump selections, data, and drawings to Key Accounts or Key Account Manager for fast support of customer specification needs.
• Communicate with our direct suppliers for pricing, delivery, and technical information.
• Provide documentation to customers pertaining to pricing, delivery schedule, preliminary design information, specifications, detailed listing of customer specifications reviewed at proposal phase.
• Support continuous improvement, identify inefficiencies, and eliminate errors in the order winning process.
• Proactively create customer tailored solutions in preparation for efficient order execution, such as initiation of custom part number creation.
• Support continuous improvement, in order to achieve deliverables and maximize Customer loyalty.
• Assist with routing engineered skid opportunities to PES
• Support full life of the product including aftermarket parts opportunities.
• Work with the Key Account Manager, Customer Success Manager and Quality department to resolve technical Issues with world class support.
• Provide lead time guidance to customer aligned with best available factory and supplier capacity.
• Work within Key Account customer portal to create and submit all necessary pre-bid or final submittal packages.
• Be the go-to technical resource for both Key Account engineering partners and end users.
• Log all sales activities, inquires, interactions and quotations in the Peerless Customer Relationship Management system.

Your background

We imagine that you have:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or business with equivalent experience in technical sales and manufacturing
• Previous experience in Engineering, Project Management or Sales in a manufacturing environment is desired.
• Comprehensive interpersonal and communication skills including written with attention to detail
• Working knowledge with Microsoft Office™ (Excel®, Word®, Access®, Power Point®, Projects®, Outlook etc.), AutoCAD (or other drafting tools), SAP and CRM systems
• Advanced understanding of pumps, construction, hydraulics, and application of rotating equipment
• Experience with Peerless Express, Adobe Acrobat, NFPA 20.
• Has a high sense of urgency to meet or exceed customer expectations, and achieve daily commitments

Please note that relocation for this position cannot be supported and qualified candidate must have the authorization to work in the USA without support.

What’s in it for you?

What are your goals? Here at Peerless it’s our mission to enable you develop and fulfil your aspirations, both career and personal. You’ll find that your fresh ideas will be welcomed and make a difference in how we conduct our business.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits as a regular, full-time employees include:

• 5 paid holidays; paid time off for volunteering; up to 20 paid vacation days. Vacation hours are accrued on a prorated basis, based on your hire date within the calendar year.
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans; 401(k)-match program.
• Annual bonuses, parental support, engaging team buildings.
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly.
• Long-term career development with regular dialogue, as well as continuous learning and development opportunities.
• Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development.
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly.

Do you want to learn more?

If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact Ana Martinez at .

If this job sounds interesting, please send your resume and cover letter by clicking “ Apply ”.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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About Grundfos
Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team
If you like the look of this job and know you can bring your skills to contribute to our purpose, please apply. We need and welcome professional people from all corners – however you identify and whatever your background is.