Industrial Control and Automation Specialist

Sonepar•Milwaukee, WI

1d•$75,000 - $105,000

About The Position

There’s a Place for You at Viking Electric. A career at Viking Electric is more than a job. You’re investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. Viking Electric https://www.vikingelectric.com/about offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate throughout the Midwest and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe. Being “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. At Viking Electric, we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.Control and Automation Specialist Location: Any Central or Eastern Wisconsin Viking Electric Geography Job type: Full time Schedule: Standard Daytime hours, Monday-Friday Base Salary: $75,000 - $105,000 Compensation for this position includes annual salary, 20% short-term incentive bonus, and full benefits package offerings. The exact amount of base salary may vary based on experience and skills brought to the role as well as the geographic location of the role. What You’ll Do Support the sales efforts of the company for control and automation related product lines. Make sales calls, participate in sales planning, and provide application problem solving, customer technical support, customer training, in-house training, and marketing support. You will… Customer technical support: Provide customer-based product training or seminars. Assist customers with needs and application analysis. Assist customers in troubleshooting activities. Act as the “front line” support for customer calls and emails regarding technical issues. Build bills of material for technical applications. Direct sales-based activities: Joint and individual calls with outside salespeople to introduce new products. Presentations to groups of customers to describe technical features. Needs evaluation to develop “customized solutions” for the customer’s application. Assist salespeople in identifying high-potential target customers as well as opportunities with current customers. Regularly visit select target customers to support existing projects and discuss new opportunities. Internal technical support & Vendor interaction: Answer product and application questions from inside and outside salespeople. Develop and conduct product training classes for inside and outside salespeople. Keep abreast of new standards and applicable government regulations.

Requirements

Industrial control application experience preferred.
Technical degree or equivalent experience.
Strong computer skills.
Understands product features, applications and problem solving.
Understands competitive positioning, market level prices, product mixes.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without VISA sponsorship now or in the future
Must have valid driver’s license

Responsibilities

Provide customer-based product training or seminars.
Assist customers with needs and application analysis.
Assist customers in troubleshooting activities.
Act as the “front line” support for customer calls and emails regarding technical issues.
Build bills of material for technical applications.
Joint and individual calls with outside salespeople to introduce new products.
Presentations to groups of customers to describe technical features.
Needs evaluation to develop “customized solutions” for the customer’s application.
Assist salespeople in identifying high-potential target customers as well as opportunities with current customers.
Regularly visit select target customers to support existing projects and discuss new opportunities.
Answer product and application questions from inside and outside salespeople.
Develop and conduct product training classes for inside and outside salespeople.
Keep abreast of new standards and applicable government regulations.