Inside Sales Engineer(Optical Background)
At a glance
Mid-level Solutions & Sales Engineering role at MKS Instruments. China Wuxi · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Answer customer questions about products and provide technical guidance by phone, writing or online channels
- Build customer relationships from first contact through the sales process, supporting both current and prospective buyers
- Resolve account-level technical issues and keep customer needs addressed throughout the sales process
- Work with sales, R&D, engineering and marketing teams to translate customer requirements into product specifications
- Show prospective users how complex applications work and explain product performance
What you bring
- You hold at least a bachelor’s degree in physics, optoelectronics, optical engineering or a related technical field
- You bring at least two years of relevant work experience
- You communicate clearly and can diagnose and resolve customers’ technical problems
Who this fits
This mid-level role suits someone with an optical or related technical background who wants to combine customer support, technical problem-solving and sales work. It is based in Wuxi, China.
From the employer
Principal Responsibilities:
- Develops customer contact and is responsible for providing technical support and customer solutions for the organization’s products via telephone or through written or Internet-based applications
- Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with both current and prospective customers throughout the sales cycle
- Provides pre-sales technical support for the development and implementation of complex scientific and technological products/applications/solutions
- Must be able to identify all technical issues with associated customer accounts and ensure customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process
- Works with other members of the sales team as well as R&D, engineering and marketing to define complex customer technical requirements and ensure they are built into product specifications
- Works directly with prospective customers/users to demonstrate complex technical aspects of the product applications/solutions as well as product performance
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's degree or above in Physics, Optoelectronics, Optical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 2+years of relevant working experience. Experience in photonics, laser technologies, or related industries is preferred.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to analyze and resolve customer technical issues.
- Self-motivated. Be accountable in the responsibility assigned. Proactive working attitude. Self-driven in searching for effective manners to move work forward.
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