Sales Engineer - Project Construction

Job Description

Business
GE Consumer & Industrial

Business Segment
Consumer & Industrial

About Us
GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies and "ecomagination," a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram, Profile GE, Hotpoint, SmartWater Reveal, Edison and Energy Smart consumer brands, and Entellisys industrial brand. For more information on GE and its family of businesses, please visit www.ge.com.

GE Consumer & Industrial is an Affirmative Action Employer.

Role Summary/Purpose


Essential Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategy to build and maintain contractor and end customer relationships, and to grow large project constructions sales and presence in the San Antonio trade area.

Provide sales coverage for assigned commercial accounts.

Take responsibility for establishing and maintaining relationships with distributor partners, electrical contractors and interaction with design engineers.

Actively participate and utilize cross selling activities to drive growth.

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor degree. * Minimum 3 years related work experience. * Good working knowledge of GE products and systems preferred, as well as a strong understanding of the market dynamics of the electrical industry and distribution. * Demonstrated commitment to service excellence and teamwork. * Enthusiastic self-starter with excellent time management, planning and organizational skills. * High-level of computer literacy. * Strong interpersonal, communication, written and oral presentation skills and solid understanding of profitability and other financial measurements.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications
For U.S. employment opportunities, GE hires U.S. citizens, permanent residents, asylees, refugees, and temporary residents. Temporary residence does not include those with non-immigrant work authorization (F, J, H or L visas), such as students in practical training status. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. GE will require proof of work authorization. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

Desired Characteristics

Engineering degree. * Green Belt certified (internal candidates). * Outside sales experience (preferably in the Electrical Distribution Industry).

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