Position Title: Senior Sales Engineer (Mid-Atlantic Remote)
US
Summary:
Rogers Corporation is seeking an experienced Sales Engineer for the Advanced Electronics Solutions Division in the Eastern United States territory. The candidate will work remotely from a home office and preferably be based in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The successful candidate will expand Rogers’ Advanced Electronics Solution Division’s materials market presence in the sales territory, increase the sales of AES materials by directly managing the customers that are strategic to our long-term success, and actively work to both develop and then maintain the long-term relationships between these customers and Rogers personnel. This position will report to the Sales Manager for the region.
Essential Functions:
- Actively manage key customer accounts to achieve sales growth objectives and identify significant sales opportunities.
- Create defined sales plan to meet or exceed metrics for revenue growth, operating profit, and market share within a competitive and emerging application technology market.
- Provide expertise and leadership in winning new business for a specific geographic territory and work closely with customers and other members of the Advanced Electronics Solutions team as needed to win new business.
- Participate effectively in the sales planning process, which includes writing Tactical Action Plans, territory sales plans, Customer Intelligence Reports and updating forecasts as directed by sales management.
- Provide timely and accurate submission of sales forecasts, territory growth projections, and sales reports to support the demand planning process.
- Work closely with the AES material fabricators in the territory to provide the support required to ensure Rogers is their material of choice for High Frequency material applications.
- Monitor, analyze, and report on competitive activities.
- Drive profitable sales growth and market coverage through value selling.
- Initiate, maintain and grow influential client relationships with key accounts in the territory
- Ensure highly efficient communication and teamwork with regional Sales Managers, Technical Service, global R&D, Product Development, Marketing, Customer Service, group functions, and all external interfaces.
Qualifications:
- BS degree in Engineering with 3 to 7 years’ industry experience.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with customers without direct supervision.
- Experience in direct technical sales of specialty circuit materials with a proven track record of increasing sales.
- Experience in working with and/or managing global accounts (directly and indirectly) – OEM’s, fabricators, and assemblers.
- Experience in CRM and Demand Planning processes and tools.
- This position requires significant daily travel within the sales territory, and roughly 25% overnight travel.