Government Sales Engineer Associate (Remote) at Zebra Technologies

About the Role

Working with Account or Channel Management, assists in developing and executing technology strategy. Designs solutions that meet customer needs and beat competition. Develops strong relationships with sales team, internal engineering, and key technical customer contacts and leverages to Zebra's advantage; creates and delivers high impact solution presentations.

Expected travel – 50% ideally located in South Central or Northeast area.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge/Expertise
  • Technical Skills - Uses moderate domain/solutions knowledge
  • Knowledge of Zebra - Utilizes solid understanding of all Products/Services in business
  • Sales Skills - Applies Solution Selling concepts to customer situations; excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Managerial Skills - Understands policies and practices related to role and shares ideas for improvement
  • Business Acumen - Understands and explains how Zebra solutions can help customer's business results; obtains profitable revenue growth via value proposition vs. competition
  • Market/customer Knowledge - Uses full knowledge of customer's business and market economics/trends to position effectively versus competition
• Solution Complexity/Strategic Thinking
  • Nature of Problems Solved - Solves routine problems of moderate complexity (e.g. verifying technical compatibility) at the customer level
  • Role in Addressing Problems - Understands and resolves problems with support from technical resources
  • Complexity of Solutions - Typically medium complexity (e.g. value proposition vs. competition), but may have some complex projects that require unique coordination of technical resources
• Freedom to Act
  • Level of Guidance - Works under general supervision. Makes decisions of moderate complexity that impact deliverables of projects; exercises judgment in approach, sometimes requiring and assessing tradeoffs
  • Takes Direction From - Group Manager and Directors
• Customer Interface
  • Role - Acts independently
  • Level of Customer Contact - Buyers/decision makers for small and mid-sized deals and end users
  • Main Level of Interaction - Responsible for influencing the customer to purchase small to moderate size projects
  • Required Knowledge of Customer - Operational strategies for success and competitors
• Accountability
  • Business and Financial Impact - Responsible for individual revenue attainment with established prices and personal expenses
  • Relative Size and Scope - Moderate to average individual quota size for business and like roles
  • Types of Projects - Many transactions with some moderately complex deals
  • Strategic Impact for Zebra - Medium/mid-term

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience
• Experience within a related technical role (Sales Engineer) 0+ years
• 50% Travel expected
• Resides ideally in South Central or Northeast areas of the US.

Preferred qualifications:

• Excellent presentation/communication skills
• Experience working in the government space
• Working in a customer-facing environment
• Sales and technically savvy, with strong customer facing skills pertaining to driving new & innovative solutions and facilitating problem resolution
• Applies Solution Selling concepts to customer situations; excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Compensation

Salary: USD 61400.00 - USD 92200.00 Yearly

Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience. Additionally, all Zebra roles are eligible for cash incentive programs. For example, sales roles have additional opportunity to earn substantial variable compensation tied to quota achievement. In most other roles, the Zebra annual cash incentive program links Company and individual performance together. Some roles may also be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.