Technical Sales Engineer - Cutting Tools South California Area

Technical Sales Engineer - Cutting Tools South California Area

Seco Tools is seeking a results-oriented Regional/Territory Technical Sales Professional for the Southern California Area to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in technical sales, with expertise in the cutting tools market. As a Regional/Territory Sales Professional, you will represent Seco Tools and its comprehensive metal cutting solutions to a diverse clientele across various sectors, including automotive, power generation, oil & gas, mold & die, construction, agriculture, and firearms.

Ideal location at or near Los Angeles, CA

Role Requirements

• This is a regional territory sales role requiring 5-7 years of proven successful territory or regional sales experience in a technical, consultative, solution-oriented sales role, with proven experience in the manufacturing or distributor focused sales environment working independently from a home or virtual office environment.
• Proven territory sales skillset with experience and strong technical aptitude in a manufacturing environment where product application solutions are required in a distributor and end user environment across an array of market segments.
• Strong skills in qualifying, demonstrating and influencing customers.
• Travel (50-60%) in the Southern California Area is required to manage the territory requirements and engage, qualify, develop, support, and secure new business for Seco Tools’ cutting tool solutions with new and existing end user customers and through distributor channel partners.
• 60% End User Account Management & New Business Development; 25% Distributor Channel Partner Account Management & New Business Development; 15% Administration – Territory planning, sales administrative activities and reporting.
• Metal cutting knowledge and experience is required.

Top Performance

Top performance in this technical territory sales role requires a results-oriented, self-directed sales professional with technical aptitude and a proactive, consultative, solution-oriented approach and ability to adapt to various scenarios and situations to support customer requirements.

Benefits & Compensation

• Seco Tools offers a highly competitive base salary, performance-based incentive program and generous benefit package. Our benefits include life, medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid vacation and holiday, and an extremely strong 401(k) retirement savings plan. This role will also include a company car, computer, iPad, and a cell phone. We are passionate about taking care of our people and the community around us, which is why we provide financial incentives for staying healthy and paid volunteer days to get employees to volunteer within their community.
  
  Base salary range: $70,000 - $90,000.

About Seco Tools

Seco Tools is a people company in the machining business. For over 80 years, we have been more than just a cutting tool provider. Our tools help build planes, trains, automobiles, and everything else around us. The corporate culture empowers employees through the shared values:
Passion for our customers, Family Spirit, and Personal commitment. Seco Tools has presence in more than 50 countries and employs about 5000 people. Seco Tools, a subsidy of Sandvik is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Any applicant who, because of a disability, needs accommodation or assistance in completing an application or at any time during the application process should contact Human Resources at  Sandvik also provides reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities consistent with its obligations under the law.

Notice to Third Party Agencies

Please note that Seco Tools does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Seco Tools will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Seco Tools explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Seco Tools.