Company Information

Inside Technical Sales

HMS Industrial Networks Inc. is a market-leading manufacturer of Industrial Networking products. HMS is headquartered in Halmstad, Sweden, and has sales and support offices in the United States, Germany, France, Italy, UK, Japan and China. HMS Industrial Networks Inc. is seeking to fill the Inside Technical Sales position in its Chicago (West Loop) office.

Description
This position primarily involves sales to companies involved in Industrial Automation. The main responsibilities for this position include: inside telephone sales and direct customer contact; lead management and follow up activities; sales support for outside sales managers; and development of new customers through marketing projects. This position requires a unique combination of technical aptitude and sales savvy. The candidate will apply his or her solution selling skills to help customers decide which HMS products and services best fit their applications.

HMS offers a competitive salary and benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance and a 401k plan.

Requirements
The successful candidate must be self-motivated, able to work in a team environment and possess exceptional communications, customer relations, and organizational skills. Clear and concise written and verbal skills are needed to convey technical concepts. It is also essential to be detail oriented and to possess strong time management skills.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience in technical sales or applications engineering within the industrial automation industry. This includes basic knowledge of PLCs, drives, HMI, I/O, instrumentation, robotics, sensors, and other devices used in industrial control systems.

Knowledge about Industrial Networking would be considered a big plus.  Here are some examples:
• Fieldbuses (DeviceNet, PROFIBUS, ControlNet, CANopen, CC-link, etc.)
• Industrial Ethernet (Modbus/TCP, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, etc.)
• Proprietary networks (Modbus+, Data Highway +, Remote I/O, etc.)
• Serial communications (Modbus, DF1, ASCII, etc.)

Additional required skills include:
• MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• CRM software (MS-CRM, GoldMine, ACT!, Maximizer, etc.)

For more information about this position, please contact Mr Kevin Knake (Executive Vice President) on 312.829.0601.

Please email your letter of application and resume to Kevin.Knake@hms-networks.com or via mail to HMS Industrial Networks Inc, 900 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 2W , Chicago, IL 60607. Please mark you email or letter "Inside Technical Sales". All applications are to be received by 15.03.2010.