Sales Engineer

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🚗 Michigan – Remote

🚗 Michigan – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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💸 Sales Engineer

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Walter Tools

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1001 - 5000 employees

For more than 100 years, Walter has stood for competence and quality in the field of machining technology. The company was founded in 1919 by Richard Walter and has its headquarters in Tübingen, Germany. The wide portfolio includes precision tools for milling, turning, grooving, drilling and threading, as well as individual special tools and technology solutions along the process chain. An additional element is Walter Tool Management Solutions, providing customers with cost planning security, continuous productivity improvements and quicker returns on their investment beyond the cutting tools. Meanwhile, with production facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia, numerous subsidiaries, sales partners, and 4,400 employees worldwide, Walter has a global presence and customers in more than 80 countries. Alongside Engineering Kompetenz, the corporate culture promotes diversity and a sustainable company strategy.

📋 Description

• acts as the technical–commercial interface between Walter and its customers in the Lightweight/PCD segment • drives growth by identifying opportunities, building deep technical relationships, and ensuring a disciplined, strategic customer approach • Create, drive, and implement sales activities and processes in collaboration with regional sales teams • Serve as the face of PCD/Lightweight at strategic customers; spend quality time on site (min. 1 hr) per visit • Conduct 2–3 customer visits per day, focusing strictly on assigned accounts • Build trust with engineering, production, purchasing and identify pain points across departments • Proactively identify opportunities in aluminum/PCD machining • Provide expert guidance in machining processes, cutting tools, PCD applications, tool setup, and programming • Understand cycle times, process variables, machining improvements and troubleshoot bottlenecks • Translate customer pain points into actionable internal engineering tasks • Collaborate closely with Engineering, Operations, and Business Developer to ensure quotation quality, feasibility, and timely execution • Follow up on quotations, reports, ROI calculations, simulations, and escalate issues aligned with processes • Maintain disciplined CRM usage for interactions, opportunities, deliveries, and issues • Support strategic customer projects, prototype phases, and qualification work • Contribute to global knowledge-sharing, best practices, and continuous improvement • Conduct market analysis, identify growth fields (e.g., EV, Tier 1 aluminium machining) • Manage a defined account portfolio — typically 6–8 customers per LSE • Work towards defined revenue, ROI, opportunity, and visit KPIs aligned with BD & MD • Submit weekly agenda and activity plan for alignment

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in any leading cutting tools, aerospace, automobile or machining industry in the field of engineering, sales, product management or similar in a multinational environment • Bachelor's degree (preferably in Engineering) or equivalent education • Proven experience in similar business development or sales roles • Know-how regarding cutting tools or machining applications • Strong understanding of commercial management and sales techniques • Fluency in English (spoken and written) • User-level proficiency in Microsoft Office tools • Knowledge of the company’s products, including their characteristics, applications, and specifications • Machining processes, PCD tools, technical drawings, measurement systems, CNC programming • Understanding of aluminum machining and lightweight component production • Solution-based selling, negotiation, identifying decision criteria, cost-per-part argumentation

🏖️ Benefits

• life, health, and dental insurance • paid vacation and holidays • 401(k) retirement savings plan