Sales Engineer, Factory Automation – Osaka

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In automotive production, water treatment plants or chemical systems – around the world, electronic sensors and automation components by Pepperl+Fuchs guarantee smooth and safe operations. We know that dedicated and highly motivated employees are crucial to our success. As we want to continue growing, we hope to find, as soon as possible, for the following position in our subsidiary in Osaka, Japan:

Sales Engineer, Factory Automation (FA) – Osaka

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Sales Director in Japan, this role is responsible for regional business development to enlarge the market share of P+F FA products. He/she will be required to identify potential key accounts in Kansai area and establish plan to convert these key customers through direct sales. The Sales Engineer is also tasked to provide technical consultant sales to the customers on product applications matters.

Major Accountabilities:

• Visit machinery customers and system integrators at daily basic to develop and follow up projects
• Enhance product knowledge and understand customer painful point on the applications to provide consultant sales to customers
• Develop new business opportunities with key accounts
• Market development, classification of customers and maintenance of customer database in Siebel CRM
• Provide preliminary technical support and advice
• Collaborate and work closely with respective channel partners to grow the sales revenue
• Be proactive to liaise, develop relationship and influence customer to maintain a long-term service relationship, ensure customer satisfaction at high level
• Weekly meeting with manager to present project status and market intelligence

Role Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics, Mechanics or Industrial Engineering or equivalent
• Business fluent or native-language Japanese (written and spoken) + ideally English (or commitment to learn)
• A minimum of 2 years working experience in Sales and automation fields
• Experience in materials handling, robotics or automotive manufacturing automation is highly regarded
• Understanding of complex sensor applications, data handling and networking in factory automation is advantageous
• Self-motivated, excellent analytical skills and able to work well under pressure
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills, able to collaborate well with all levels and across organization boundaries
• Problem solving attitude and lateral thinker
• Willing to travel: Across Japan (regularly) and APAC (periodically)

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