Inside Sales Engineer Associate - Entry-level; Onsite Chicago

Remote Work:
No

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working to make everyday life better. United by curiosity and care, we develop dynamic solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means being seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our diverse perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You have opportunities to learn and lead at a forward-thinking company, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes that you care about – locally and globally. We’ve only begun reimaging the future – for our people, our customers, and the world.

Let’s create tomorrow together.

Working in our Inside Sales Hub in our downtown Chicago office, this entry-level Inside Sales Engineer (SE) Associate will be accountable for supporting our Inside Account Managers who align to specific verticals. This role’s primary focus will be to support the Inside Account Managers (with the assistance of more senior-level Sales Engineers as needed) with defining and leading the strategic technical direction for our enterprise accounts.

The position will have direct access to the latest technology from Zebra Technologies and its vendor partner community. This role will develop strong relationships with inside sellers, field-based sales engineers, internal engineering, and product management teams to support executing the technology strategy for the enterprise accounts. With access to industry experts and engineering peers, this will fuel self-development and career growth within Zebra Technologies.

Invaluable opportunity for someone looking to enter into the SE function, or newer in their sales engineering career, to learn from the ground up.

The role must reside in the US with the ability to work from our downtown Chicago office 5 days per week. Zebra's office is comfortably located across the street from Union Metra Station.

• Knowledge/Expertise
  • Technical Skills - Uses moderate domain/solutions knowledge
  • Knowledge of Zebra - Utilizes solid understanding of all Products/Services in business
  • Sales Skills - Applies Solution Selling concepts to customer situations; excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Managerial Skills - Understands policies and practices related to role and shares ideas for improvement
  • Business Acumen - Understands and explains how Zebra solutions can help customer's business results; obtains profitable revenue growth via value proposition vs. competition
  • Market/customer Knowledge - Uses full knowledge of customer's business and market economics/trends to position effectively versus competition
• Solution Complexity/Strategic Thinking
  • Nature of Problems Solved - Solves routine problems of moderate complexity (e.g. verifying technical compatibility) at the customer level
  • Role in Addressing Problems - Understands and resolves problems with support from technical resources
  • Complexity of Solutions - Typically medium complexity (e.g. value proposition vs. competition), but may have some complex projects that require unique coordination of technical resources
• Freedom to Act
  • Level of Guidance - Works under general supervision. Makes decisions of moderate complexity that impact deliverables of projects; exercises judgment in approach, sometimes requiring and assessing tradeoffs
  • Takes Direction From - Group Manager and Directors
• Customer Interface
  • Role - Acts independently
  • Level of Customer Contact - Buyers/decision makers for small and mid-sized deals and end users
  • Main Level of Interaction - Responsible for influencing the customer to purchase small to moderate size projects
  • Required Knowledge of Customer - Operational strategies for success and competitors
• Accountability
  • Business and Financial Impact - Responsible for individual revenue attainment with established prices and personal expenses
  • Relative Size and Scope - Moderate to average individual quota size for business and…