B&R is a leading developer and manufacturer of CONTROL SYSTEMS for INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION. The company was founded in 1979 in Eggelsberg, Austria and specializes in a complete range of innovative Programmable Controllers, Industrial PC’s, Operator Interfaces, Servo Drives, Visualization, Safety and Motion Control Products. In 1987 the North American subsidiary, B&R Industrial Automation Corp., was founded in Roswell, GA and is responsible for all North American sales activities as well as supporting our customers by applying standard B&R hardware and developing machine specific software on machine control applications. B&R North America is also supported by our regional offices in Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, Mississauga, ON Canada and our Automation Partners, a distribution network made of independent companies with an exclusive B&R sales territory. They offer a full range of automation products, local market knowledge, technical expertise and managerial support to B&R customers. All in all, B&R ranks among the largest privately owned automation manufacturers in the world and has over 2,300 employees worldwide and more than 162 sales offices in 68 countries.

 

B&R is currently looking for a highly motivated experienced Sales Engineer to join our partner team in Atlanta,GA.

 

Job Description

 

B&R offers an excellent opportunity to work for an international company with a great working environment. You will be part of a fun, dynamic team and work closely with our Austrian headquarters, distribution partners, regional offices, customers and B&R colleagues.  We offer extensive B&R product and sales training and we will guide you step by step as you enter into your role at B&R. You will report directly to the Distribution Sales Manager.

 

Your main responsibilities include:

• Growing sales of B&R's complete product range throughout North America by working with our sales channels on new and existing sales opportunities
• Working closely with distribution partners to plan, promote, and support their sales activities throughout North America
• Overseeing and supporting distribution partners throughout all stages of the sales cycle 
• Working with the Marketing department to promote sales efforts
• Promoting and selling B&R product and engineering capabilities
• Attending trade shows to seek out potential customers and to represent B&R at these shows
• Identifying, defining, and developing the best technical solution and strategy for customer applications
• Holding in-depth technical presentations and discussions with our sales channels and their customers
• Attending yearly sales meetings and workshops

This position entails domestic and international travel. Therefore, a valid passport is required. You will travel regularly within North America approximately 50% of your time. Plus, there will be some travel to our Austrian headquarters approximately once a year. We are looking for someone with an engineering background, along with strong interpersonal skills and 5 years sales experience to hit the ground running and continue growing with B&R.

If you think that you have what it takes to accept this great position, we want to talk to you!

Please send a cover letter and resume to jobs.us@br-automation.com

B&R Industrial Automation Corp.
1250 Northmeadow Parkway, S-100
Roswell, GA 30076

Phone: +1 (770)772-0400
Fax: +1 (770)772-0243
e-mail: jobs.us@br-automation.com