Sales Engineer (Midwest/St. Louis/Kansas City)

Location: Remote from a home office in the United States, with preferred locations of St. Louis, Missouri or Kansas City, Missouri; territory travel is estimated at 60% and air travel is required.

Company

Crane ChemPharma & Energy Flow Solutions designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes engineered process valves and actuators for refinery, chemical, biopharmaceutical, and energy applications.

What you will do

• Drive profitable sales of Crane ChemPharma & Energy products within the assigned geographic territory.
• Develop sales strategies for key accounts, end users, EPCs, OEMs, distributors, and contractors.
• Manage MRO business, conversion accounts, and territory projects using Industrial Info Resources and Salesforce.
• Deliver product and applications training, including lunch-and-learn sessions for distribution channels, end users, and EPCs.
• Develop product-line sales forecasts and support business line managers with production planning and new product integration.
• Monitor the competitive landscape and manage territory budgets, reporting, and distribution activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, business, or marketing.
• At least 2 years of outside sales experience managing similar products with distributors, contractors, and/or end users.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, listening, relationship-building, and customer-solution skills.
• Ability to differentiate products, communicate value propositions, and win MRO and project orders against competitors.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and web applications.
• Ability to travel day and night, with approximately 60% travel in the territory, including air travel.

Culture & Benefits

• Individual contributor role with collaboration across customer service, business line management, and global sales engineering teams.
• Work from a home office.
• High-energy, competitive, and team-oriented working environment.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.