Sales Engineer

Drive Sales & Business Development: Develop and execute short- and long-term sales strategies to grow revenue, expand market share, and identify new business opportunities. Build Strategic Customer Relationships: Establish and strengthen partnerships with key defense and commercial OEM customers throughout the territory.

Represent the Voice of the Customer: Communicate customer needs and priorities internally to ensure alignment across engineering, quality, operations, and business teams. Develop Market Strategies: Conduct market research, assess competitive trends, and identify opportunities to expand Hutchinson’s presence, including supporting North America initiatives within the Southeast Territory.

Lead Pricing & Negotiations: Partner with Market Managers and business leadership to develop competitive pricing, negotiation strategies, and profitable customer solutions. Coordinate Customer Projects: Serve as a project lead, coordinating cross-functional teams to move customer programs from initial concept through development and execution.

Manage RFQs & Contract Reviews: Lead coordination of customer requests for quotation (RFQs) and contract reviews, ensuring customer requirements, profitability, and compliance are addressed. Monitor Performance: Provide timely, accurate reporting on sales and order growth, customer engagement, delivery performance, and other key business metrics.

Support Customer Engagement: Coordinate customer visits, plant tours, technical discussions, and product development initiatives. Promote Safety & Integrity: Champion a safety-first culture and uphold company standards for safety, quality, ethics, and compliance.