Sales Application Engineer

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Plymouth, MI, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Other • Automation • Manufacturing
The Role
Drive new business and manage the full sales cycle for electronic products. Provide technical consultations, demonstrations, and post-sale support while building long-term customer relationships and collaborating with internal teams. Domestic travel 20–30%.
Summary Generated by Built In

Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

  • Drive New Business Growth: Actively identify and pursue new business opportunities with a strong “hunter” mentality. Expand our customer base by targeting new markets and industries.
  • Lead Generation & Conversion: Manage the full sales cycle—from initial outreach and technical consultation to successful onboarding and post-sale support.
  • Strategic Customer Development: Build and nurture long-term relationships with new clients to ensure sustained revenue growth and customer satisfaction.
  • Customer Relationship Building: Develop trust-based relationships by understanding customer needs and aligning our solutions to meet their technical and business objectives.
  • Collaborative Engagement: Work closely with internal engineering, product, and support teams to ensure a seamless transition from prospect to loyal customer.
  • Technical Expertise: Provide technical guidance and product demonstrations to prospective clients, leveraging your electronics knowledge to address complex challenges.
  • All other duties as required and domestic travel at 20-30%

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related technical field.
  • Proficiency in Japanese (business-level or higher) is required.
  • Proven experience in a sales engineering or technical sales role, preferably in the electronics industry.
  • Strong understanding of electronic components, systems, and applications.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Self-starter with a goal-oriented mindset and a passion for exceeding targets.

Communication & Collaboration: Communicates clearly and concisely, while engaging proactively with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
Value for Customers: Anticipates, understands and meets internal/external customers’ needs and expectations. Develops solutions based on a customer centric approach.
Innovation: Drives and supports innovative ideas, while taking informed risks to seek and develop new or improved solutions.
Drive & Execution: Proactively identifies what needs to be done and takes action. Explores new ways and pursues new opportunities. 

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The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or related technical field
  • Proficiency in Japanese (business-level or higher)
  • Proven experience in a sales engineering or technical sales role, preferably in the electronics industry
  • Strong understanding of electronic components, systems, and applications
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
  • Self-starter with a goal-oriented mindset and a passion for exceeding targets
  • Ability to travel domestically 20-30%

Freudenberg Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Freudenberg Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Freudenberg Group.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare is considered strong at many U.S. sites, with low‑cost options, HSA contributions, and on‑site clinics in some locations.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with company match is standard across U.S. entities, though exact match mechanics differ by business group and year.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid time off is often described as good, with some locations offering generous holiday schedules.

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The Company
HQ: Weinheim
17,448 Employees

What We Do

Freudenberg is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, specialty chemicals, medical products and the most modern cleaning products. Strength of innovation, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 170-year-old company holds strong to its core values: a commitment to excellence, reliability and pro-active, responsible action. In 2022, the Freudenberg Group employed more than 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion. Learn more about us and visit our digital home at freudenberg.com and read the stories that make us Freudenberg.​ Visit and follow us at www.freudenberg.com https://www.instagram.com/freudenberg.group/ www.youtube.com/FreudenbergGroup www.facebook.com/freudenberggroup *** Netiquette *** We look forward to receiving your comments and posts. On behalf of all users, we ask for constructive contributions, mutual respect, courtesy and tolerance. All contributions will be checked and we reserve the right to delete contributions. This applies in particular to unlawful content, incorrect statements, advertising for third parties, spam or slander. In addition, we reserve the right to remove comments that are otherwise inappropriate or incorrect. Contributions made by external users do not necessarily reflect Freudenberg’s opinion. Please find our data protect information here: https://www.freudenberg.com/fileadmin/downloads/english/2020-11_DataProtectionInformation_SocialMedia_EN.pdf

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