
Wei Zhang
Sales Engineer
Where the technical case meets the sale
Sales engineer with eight years selling industrial automation solutions for a technology supplier in Shanghai. Sits between the customer's problem and the company's products — understanding the technical requirement, designing the right solution, running demos and proofs of concept, and winning the deal by proving the engineering, not just the price. Won major accounts on technical merit and cut the sales cycle by solving customers' problems faster. Scopes technical requirements, designs solutions, runs demos and POCs, supports the sales team, and advises customers. Technical, commercial and credible. Looking for a sales-engineer or solutions role with a company whose products win on how well they actually solve the customer's problem.
Shanghai Automation Supplier - Shanghai, China
Sales Engineer January 2019 to Present 7 years & 7 months
Won major accounts on technical merit and cut the sales cycle by solving customers' problems faster.
Scope technical requirements with customers, getting to the real problem behind the request before proposing anything.
Design the right solution from our products, configuring and specifying what genuinely solves the customer's need.
Run demos and proofs of concept that prove it works, turning a technical promise into something the customer can see.
Support the sales team and advise customers, being the technical credibility that closes complex deals.
China Industrial Technology - Shanghai, China
Applications Engineer July 2015 to December 2018 3 years & 6 months
Solved technical problems and supported sales, building the solution skills a sales-engineer role demands.
Learned product configuration, applications and customer technical support on the job over years.
Gained the experience and certificate that led into a full sales-engineer role of my own.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
BEng in Automation Engineering (September 2011 to June 2015)
China Sales Institute
Technical Sales Certificate (January 2016 to June 2016)
The technical edge in the deal
Won accounts on technical merit
Shortened the sales cycle
Technical Sales Certificate
China Sales Institute (June 2016 to Present)
- Solution Design
- Technical Pre-Sales
- Requirements Scoping
- Demos & POCs
- Industrial Automation
- Solution Selling
- Technical Presentation
- Proposals & Specs
- Negotiation Support
- Customer Advisory