LA Application Engineer Inside Sales Technical Support Fluid Process Industrial Supply
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Job Location:
Baton Rouge, LA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
5 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Ford-Gelatt a SunSource company supplies industrial process equipment to the process industries with a focus on adding value. Our team at Ford-Gelatt is technically sound and highly experienced with industry leading brands. We provide technical added-value in equipment sales in Louisiana Mississippi and SE Texas.
The position will be responsible for sales and customer support of fluid process equipment and this position you will specifically prepare proposals and quotes of pumps and mixers to provide technical solutions for customers. This is to be accomplished by working as a team with the outside sales Account Managers and inside support staff. A key objective is to maximize the companys profit margins while maintaining a positive relationship with our customers and suppliers. this is an onsite position based in our Baton Rouge LA office.
Essential Functions
- Learn the products that we represent their appropriate applications their strengths and weaknesses as well as our competitors capabilities
- Prepare proposals and quotes of pumps and mixers to provide technical solutions for customers
- Learn each suppliers sizing and selection program and procedure
- Develop quotations for our customers for our equipment and maintain internal files
- Enter orders in our order handling system after review of customer order to confirm consistency with our proposal
- Develop working relationships with our suppliers and factory personnel
- Develop relationships with our customers so that they think of our Company first for their rotating equipment needs
- Work with our customers to resolve any warranty issues should they occur
- Work w/ other inside sales staff to increase productivity and efficiency
Experience Education and Skills
- Mechanical degree preferred but not required; equivalent combination work experience training and/or technical education will be considered.
- Some inside sales or technical support experience is a plus.
- Fluid process manufacturing or distribution environment is a plus.
Ford-Gelatt is a fast-paced technically focused distribution company ahead of our competition.
We value our Associates contributions and success in meeting and exceeding our customers expectations.
If you are a self-motivated individual and effective in achieving customer service success through your professional accomplishments then we want to hear from you!
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D. WE PARTICIPATE IN E-Verify. If you are an individual with a disability and require an accommodation to complete the application process please contactemailprotectedto request reasonable accommodation. Only requests for accommodations in the application process will be returned. Sun-Source Privacy Policy
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Key Skills
- Splunk
- Iis
- SQL
- .NET
- Perl
- Shell Scripting
- Weblogic
- Java
- Sybase
- Scripting
- Oracle
- Application Support
About Company
As one of North America's leading distributors for mobile and industrial applications, our solutions-based approach supports OEM & MRO customers with their needs in fluid power, fluid process, fluid conveyance, industrial supplies, and service & repair capabilities.
