Essential Functions:

- Participates in trade associations to learn new technologies and conducts competitive benchmarking.

- Supports field sales and distributors as required to maintain company’s premier customer service position.

- Assists Territory and Regional Managers in adapting current and new products to customer need and satisfaction.

- Provides technical expertise on product to close on final sale or specification and assist with installation or commissioning.

- Assists design and manufacturing in the development of new and/or revised products according to customer requirements.

- Provides timely reports summarizing findings on a given product, project or territory.

- May be required to provide technical product training for customers and sellers.

- Keeps management aware of market/industry changes which would affect Parker products.

- Investigates market needs for innovative products and communicates them to engineering for product development.

- Systemic problem solver, the go to person for solving problems, technologies, and technical expertise.

- Team leader/player in pulling the right people together to solve problems for the customer, works well with others.

- Develops and maintains technical customer relationships to gain knowledge of future market and customer

needs.

- Research and document new technologies which may assist in growth of the company.

- Develop and maintain comprehensive technical knowledge of group, divisional, and competitive products, applications, features, advantages and benefits. Keeps up with internal and external training and development.

- Assist the divisions in planning strategy to provide the products and service required for their assigned accounts. Actively support cross divisional and group product with proper referral.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in technical/engineering discipline with electrical/controls expertise required, Advanced degree preferred

- Minimum 10 years of related technical experience in automation - Technical competence in controls, PLCs, and plant floor networks

- Technical competence in AB-Rockwell or Siemens programming

- Ability to configure and commission network devices

- Program management experience from business model development through design and implementation processes

- Innovative / creative background and capabilities

- Ability to develop solutions to customer problems and translate the solutions into business development strategies and products

- Premier customer service mentality and proven track record

- Able to interface easily with factory floor, engineering and sales personnel

- Domestic and international travel as needed

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills