Sales Engineer
Date: Jul 4, 2025
Location: Suzhou, CN, 215126
Company: Gates Corporation
Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.
Gates is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. We push the boundaries of material science to engineer solutions that continually exceed customer expectations.
Let's simplify it, think belts and hoses. Found in motorcycles, conveyor belts, cars, tractors, blenders, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, & 3D printers just to name a few. Because why not do it all?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Act as contact for the HD customers. Coordinates with sales coordinators on customer service and logistics identify and communicates customers’ current and future application/product requirement to relevant departments.
- With the delegation from the manager, can deal with part of commercial issues alone, but has responsibility reporting result/situation for manager termly.
- Follow activities at the customer and establish and nurture key customer relationships.
- Must be able to function with minimal supervision; recognize the needs for field travel; and recognize the need for prompt response to customers.
- Maintain a constant awareness of the total industry activity, including the customers and competitors, to assist in maintaining present business levels and developing future business.
- Analyze and evaluate market, competitor activity, technical advances, and market potential. Develop short- and long-range market forecasts considering necessary factors to assure adequate market penetration.
- Other tasks or duties as assigned.
Keys to Success
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Requirements and Preferred Skills
- College’s degree or Above
- At least 3 years’ experience at an automotive area
- Thorough understanding of internal and external environment that will have impact on company sales target (including company operation feature, market trend, competitors, Chinese government planning) and good ability to anticipate technological and market trend
- Professional verbal and written communication skills. Must be an effective communicator.
- Good written and oral English skills
WHY GATES?
Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Gates is an Equal Opportunity and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other consideration defined by law.