Technical Sales Representative Mechanical Surface Characterization - Anton Paar USA

You are...

   a problem solver focused on customer needs, an entrepreneur with a sense for business and opportunity, and a consultant to our customer.

As a Technical Sales Representative and key member of the Central Region sales team, you drive business growth for Anton Paar line of surface characterization instruments including instrumented indentation, scratch testing, and tribology. Your territory will cover all the Midwestern states. Your location is ideally in the Chicago metropolitan area and with good access to an airport, but other major cities in the territory may be possible. 

The base salary range for this position is $89,000 to $101,000/year. The commission plan is uncapped, pays monthly from dollar one, and includes bonuses for exceeding targets. We offer full benefits, a profit sharing contribution to your 401k and a $10,000 anniversary bonus every five years. 

We are ...

   focused on selling and supporting Anton Paar's range of high-precision measuring instruments for physical, chemical, mechanical, and structural properties. A highly diverse, dynamic, and financially sound company, we have grown every year since our start in 1986. Our exceptionally high investment in R&D fuels industry-leading solutions throughout a vast range of the industrial and academic landscape, impacting nearly every product you use in daily life.

Anton Paar USA is a for-profit sales and service organization in the Anton Paar Group, privately owned by the charitable Santner Foundation with its headquarters in Graz, Austria.  

Responsibilities include:

• Generating and developing new accounts and effectively managing existing accounts.
• Presenting to small and large audiences including C-suite executives, production managers, and technicians.
• Qualifying opportunities and developing proposals, and closing business.
• Travel (up to 50-60%, including overnight) for meetings, demonstrations, and installations

Skills and qualifications you will need:

• Experience in technical sales, analytical instruments sales strongly preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills as well as presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a natural sciences or engineering,
• Valid driver's license and passport.

Life at Anton Paar is more than just work, with an employee-led In Motion Program organizing active social events during and outside working hours. We also offer unique and rewarding positions with competitive salaries, an award-winning benefits package, and opportunities for professional growth. We provide a drug free workplace and require pre-employment drug tests.

Anton Paar USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Disability and Veteran Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

This position is not eligible for current or future work authorization or visa sponsorship.