Puffer-Sweiven · 1 day ago
Technical Sales Trainee (Recent Graduate Development Program)
Houston, Texas, United States
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelPuffer-Sweiven has been a leader in equipment and services for process control and automation for over 75 years. The Technical Sales Trainee role involves receiving training across various departments and acquiring the skills necessary to support sales and operations effectively.
ElectronicsManufacturing
Responsibilities
Receives training and performs basic duties in several departments such as Sales, Operations, Inside Sales, Accounting, or Branch sales
Learns line and staff functions, operations, management viewpoints, and company policies and practices that affect each phase of business
Sets performance goals and objectives with upper management
Monitors performance progress with management and Human Resources representatives
Observes experienced sales professionals to acquire knowledge of methods, procedures, and standards required for performance of sales job responsibilities
Receives training in functions and operations of related departments to facilitate subsequent transferability between departments and to provide greater promotional opportunities
Prepare proposals/quotes including product sizing, selection and pricing
Interact with customers on a day-to-day basis providing technical, commercial, and general sales support
Evaluate customer requirements and identify opportunities for expanding scope of products/services supplied
Proactively follow up with customers on quotations
Attends company-sponsored training classes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university, in Engineering or Industrial Distribution a must
General knowledge of business, industry and sales knowledge learned through a specific degree program
A basic framework and understanding of sale, or sales engineering within the process industry a plus
Microsoft Word and Excel experience required
Strong written and written communication skills
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Strong interpersonal skills
Strong customer service skills
Good presentation skills
High ethical standards
Strong initiative, dependability, innovative, professionalism
Good organization skills
Strong multi-tasking skills
Preferred
Previous or Co-op experience directly related to the valve or process industry preferred
Order Processing, Inventory, Database software experience preferred
Company
Puffer-Sweiven
For over 70 years, Puffer-Sweiven has set the standard in equipment and services for process control, automation, safety, and reliability.
Founded in 1945
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (3)
2024 (1)
2023 (3)
2022 (1)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Daniel Storey, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Douglas Sellers
Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Reliability Solutions Business Unit Leader
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