Business Development Specialist - EA

ea business driver
ontario province (windsor, kitchener territory)

reports to: business development manager, electric automation

summary: the business driver plans and executes business strategies for their portfolios
in partnership with the regions and segments.

location: windsor, kitchener territory

travel: up to 50%

duties of this job include:

⦁ driving new sales for the portfolio through festo segment and regional sales teams and their channels with focus on specific ea.
⦁ identify new segments and customers for the product portfolio and work with the sales team to acquire new business.
⦁ with the sales director, define local market product needs and contribute to future product definitions.
⦁ execute training, documentation and product support requirements and ensure these are adequate to support business expectations.
⦁ develop pre-analysis for projects and work with sales team to ensure the right projects are going in the funnel.
⦁ develop budgetary quoting capability with the engineering team.

desired skills and experience

⦁ technical degree required (mechanical, pneumatics, process and/or electronics engineering, business/marketing) with a minimum of 10 years of related working experience or a combination of experience and education.
⦁ proven experience in the field of factory automation market in a sales, business development or marketing role.
⦁ demonstrated ability to successfully implement strategic and tactical plans.
⦁ demonstrated organization and project management skills.
⦁ superior customer relationship-building skills.
⦁ strong strategic thinker and self-starter.
⦁ must have a valid driver’s license & reliable transportation vehicle available for business purposes.

salary range: 90k - k

this is a summary of the position profile only and is intended to summarize the position requirements.

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