Sales Engineer- Automotive Cable & Wire Solutions

Full Time
Detroit, MI
Posted
Job description
Judd Wire Inc., a Sumitomo Electric Group company, is looking for a Sales Application Engineer A uto motive Cable & Wire Solutions team, in our Detroit sales facility. Individuals will be responsible for a variety of duties including responsibility for actively driving and managing the technology aspects of the sales process. Works in conjunction with the extended sales team, including commercial and technical colleagues as a product advocate. Responsibilities include expanding market presence and increasing sales of Judd Wire products by directly managing specific customers/projects and seeking new ones; supporting the approved sales forecast; developing and maintaining long-term relationships with customers and other similar responsibilities necessary to achieve sales objectives.
FLSA Classification: Exempt


Job Duties

  • Partner with OEM and Tier-1 technical community to provide cable and wire solutions for the next generation of CASE technology vehicles.
  • Modify the design of customer requests in case of RFQ or sample request by discussion with Design Engineering and Product Manager when necessary.
  • Provide design advice and technical guidance in the application of Judd products. Provide feedback to Judd design and production personnel.
  • Identify and help resolve all technical issues of assigned products to assure complete customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process.
  • Contribute to sales engineering effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; provide information; recommend options and courses of action; implement directives.
  • Convey customer engineering requirements to Product Management, Marketing and Engineering teams; providing technical design assistance as needed.
  • Respond to environmental and other survey requests from customers in a timely manner.
  • Represent Judd at customers, technical exhibitions, conferences, and speaking engagements to assist in explaining technical and performance information.
  • Travel periodically as necessary.
  • Provide product, service, or technical and engineering information by answering questions and requests; assist in meeting budget goals.
  • Maintain high-level customer satisfaction through correspondence to inquiries from customers; timely troubleshoot as needed; support customer service representatives internally if emergency problem exists.


  • Submit written reports timely and thoroughly such as expense, customer and competitor information, forecasts, proposals, etc. Serve customers by identifying their needs; engineering adaptations of products, equipment and services.
  • Monitor, analyze, and report on competitor activities.
  • Identify, target, develop, and report new business or product opportunities for designated product lines.
  • Respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs.
Perform other similar duties as responsibilities necessitate or as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications
  • Broad knowledge of a discipline such as engineering involving the use of a broad theoretical knowledge equivalent to a complete 4-year college or university education. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business preferred.
  • A wide variety of duties requiring a general knowledge of related organizational policies and procedures and their application to cases not previously covered. Duties require considerable judgment to work independently toward general results, to devise new or modify and adapt existing quality methods, techniques, and procedures to meet new or unusual requirements and to make related decisions controlled by precedent and within limits of established policies.
  • Duties may involve the effective recommendation of organizational policies and/or preparation and presentation of data on which top management bases important decisions.
  • Works with confidential data of major importance such as new product introductions and profit margins.


About Judd Wire, Inc.

Judd Wire, a Sumitomo Electric Group Company, is a high technology wire company, specializing in the use of electron beam crosslinked thermosets for wire insulation. By applying irradiation crosslinking technology to insulating materials, Judd Wire meets the needs of the wire and cable industry for economical, high-performance products. Judd Wire manufactures electronic wire and cable in over 100 styles recognized by Underwriters Laboratory, Canadian Standards and/or Military Specifications.

Judd Wire's two U.S. based factories are part of the Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI), the largest manufacturer of wire and cable in Japan that provides Judd Wire with access to their extensive network of research and product development facilities.

Benefits:

Medical, Dental and Vision
  • FSA/HSA
  • 401(k) with Employer Match
  • Life, AD&D and Disability
  • PTO and Holidays
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 5 day work week, voluntary Overtime, Overtime after 8 hours/day or more than 40 hours per week


To learn more about us, please visit https://sumitomoelectric.com.

About Sumitomo Electric Group

Since the founding of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 1897 with copper wire production, we have developed many new technologies and products through innovative R&D activities based on Sumitomo Electric manufacturing technologies for electric wires and power cables. With more than 350 subsidiaries worldwide, we continue to introduce a wide variety of products that fulfill the expectations of society, in five business fields: Automotive, Information & Communications, Electronics, Environment & Energy, and Industrial Materials. We are a Fortune global 500 company.

To learn more about Sumitomo Electric Group, please visit http://global-sei.com.

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