Sales Engineer

CDK Data Services, Inc. is the automotive industries engine for automotive data. We collect, standardize, cleanse, enhance and serve data for Auto, Heavy Truck, and Agricultural OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers), dealers, parts suppliers and the leading web marketing portals. If you've looked at a car online, ordered a part or gotten a reminder to change your oil, chances are you've seen our work. No one has more experience managing automotive retail data. We process data for nearly all of the dealerships in the U.S. and Canada. That's 23,000 dealerships and over 140,000 data connections every day. The modern retail automotive industry relies on our data collection, cleansing and enhancement. Without CDK Data Services, there would be no automotive web portals, no vehicle histories, no customer relationship management, and no parts locators. We fuel business solutions for the entire industry.

We have an immediate opening available for a Sales Engineer.

This position provides technical knowledge of automotive data solutions to clients and prospects by:

• Delivering clear, dynamic technical sales presentations and product demonstrations
• Collaborating with both Product Marketing and Client Services to ensure technical knowledge of solutions and services is up-to-date
• Working with the Project Management Office to define solution requirements, perform solution reviews, gather resource estimates for proposals, and provide opportunity status updates
• Preparing and providing documentation for Statements of Work (SOW) or other technical documentation needed for proposals as requested
• Serving as the primary point of contact for all technical questions during the sales cycle
• Assisting in market analysis/research for emerging market opportunities as well as Sales, Marketing, R&D and other internal departments in formulating and/or executing strategies, plans and programs to target markets

What You Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience preferred
• Automotive industry experience is strongly preferred, DMS (Dealer Management Systems) experience a absolute plus
• Sales Engineering experience presenting technical SAAS solutions to clients and prospects strongly preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills, which includes the ability to successfully interact with a variety of departments and management levels
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop detailed presentations, proposals, and/or analysis/reports Strong presentation and analytical skills required
• Experience responding to Requests for Proposals (RFP's) strongly preferred
• Accuracy of work and strong attention to detail as well as a strong track record of timely deliverables required
• Ability to travel 25% required

We offer a competitive benefits package that will go into effect on day 1 (yes, day 1):

• A variety of Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription options

• Long/Short Term Disability

• Flexible Spending & Health Saving Account options

• Life Insurance

• 401(k) with a company match

• Tuition reimbursement

• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and floating holidays

• Wellness programs

• And much more……

Want to learn more about CDK? Visit www.cdkglobal.com Visit our Careers Page: http://www.cdkglobal.com/company/career-opportunities#sthash.bCGnm6x6.dpuf

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