Technical sales engineers use their technical knowledge along with sales skills to provide advice and support on a range of products, for which a certain level of expertise is needed.
You work close together with sales and engineering and assist colleagues with bids and tenders for new clients from a technical perspective, working on proof of concept deployments and answering questions.
You like to work independently and self responsible on dedicated projects but like to also to exchange your knowledge with your colleagues.
Tasks
persuading clients that a product or service best satisfies their needs in terms of quality, price and delivery
working closely together with sales on customer projects
calculating client quotations
providing pre-sales technical assistance and product education
working on after-sales support services and providing technical backup as required
arranging and carrying out product training
support POC and Pilots at the customers together with support and engineering
supporting sales and marketing activities by attending trade shows, conferences and other marketing events
making technical presentations and demonstrating how a product meets client needs
liaising with other members of the sales team and other technical experts
helping in the design of custom-made products
providing training and producing support material for other members of the sales team
Requirements
Solid technical background for infrastructure set-ups in medium and large organizations
Sales skills
Sound judgement and good business sense
Organizational skills
Teamworking capabilities
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Independence and self-reliance.
Problem solving
Product knowledge around open source technology
General programming skills in PHP, HTML, CSS
Benefits
A distributed, open team with a passion for working on and within the open source community
Promoting and selling a product which pushes the boundaries of technology and with a global user and contributor community
A competitive salary
Flexibility for a healthy work-life balance
Time for personal growth and education
We are looking for somebody with ambition and drive who would like to grow and learn. That means that if you don’t fulfill the requirements yet but want to learn, apply!