Sales Engineer

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE - Sales and Marketing; Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. - Customer and Personal Service; Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. - English Language; Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. - Mathematics; Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. SKILLS - Persuasion; persuading others to change their minds or behavior. - Critical Thinking; using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. - Reading Comprehension; Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. - Social Perceptiveness; Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. - Speaking; talking to others to convey information effectively. - Active Listening ; Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. - Judgment and Decision Making; Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. - Negotiation; bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. - Writing; Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. - Active Learning; Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. ABILITIES - Oral Comprehension; The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. - Oral Expression; The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. - Speech Recognition; The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. - Written Comprehension; The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. - Deductive Reasoning; The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. - Inductive Reasoning; The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). - Speech Clarity; The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. - Fluency of Ideas; The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). - Near Vision; The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). - Problem Sensitivity; The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.