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-qualified, motivated Experienced Sales Engineer for our Automation Partner located in Fort Wayne, IN. 

 

IFP Automation is a leading distributor of control systems for industrial automation. IFP was established in Ft Wayne, Indiana in 1976. Since their inception, they have expanded beyond our Ft. Wayne headquarters to South Bend and Indianapolis. They have sales engineers who cover the entire state of Indiana as well as the counties that border the state. All of their sales engineers are technical specialists and their in-house engineering department is available to further support their customers and sales engineers. IFP Automation focuses on engineered control solutions while their Indiana Fluid Power group designs and sells hydraulic & pneumatic systems and components. IFP also offers many value added services, custom system design and assembly, and control systems engineering; they are not simply a parts provider.

 

IFP is a focused solutions provider offering customers:

 

• A full product range of automation motion control products
• Superior Customer Service
• Component and system build capabilities
• Extensive industry knowledge. In 2011 we celebrated our 35th year in business
• A full range of value-added services
• Capability of providing system integration and system design
• Installation assistance
• On-site installation and commissioning
• On-site seminars & training
• Total turnkey solutions advice

 

Job Description

IFP offers an excellent opportunity to work for a dynamic company with a great working environment. You will be part of an energetic, vibrant team and work closely with their supplier partners, customers and IFP colleagues.  They offer extensive product and sales training in conjunction with their supplier partners and will guide you step by step as you enter into your role. This position can either be based at their Ft Wayne headquarters or in Central Indiana. Your account base will be a combination of existing IFP accounts as well as target accounts provided by the company.

 

Your main responsibilities include:

 

• Growing sales of IFP’s complete product range throughout central and northern Indiana by working directly with new and existing customers, their supplier partners and the IFP team
• Identifying, defining, and developing the best technical solution and strategy for customer applications
• Holding in-depth technical presentations and discussions with customers
• Promoting and selling the complete product range of supplier partners
• Attending trade shows to seek out potential customers and to represent IFP at these shows
• eveloping a yearly sales plan for assigned territory along with quarterly updates throughout the year
• Attending sales meetings and training seminars.

 

IFP Automation is looking for someone with experience in distributor sales along with an engineering background, strong interpersonal skills and a minimum of 3 years sales experience. IFP will provide you with the product training and company support to ensure long-term success.

If you think that you have what it takes to accept this challenging 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