If you would like to be considered for a position with Opticon, send your resume and cover letter.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Online Marketeer for our European headquarter. You will work together with the Marketing Manager and you will have close cooperation with the local R&D, Support and the international Sales team. This job includes several responsibilities:

• Actively assist in creating marketing strategies
• Set up online marketing strategy and implement this
• Execute social media campaigns
• Ownership of several forms of content (brochures, case studies, etc.)
• Set up and manage a new E-newsletter format
• Work closely together with third parties to reach strategic marketing goals
• Assist in organizing exhibitions and (in-house) events
• Maintaining and improving the website

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and/or Communication
• Minimum of 2 year’s relevant work experience
• Enthusiastic and energetic personality
• Good verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and English
• Experience with social media campaigns
• Representative and communicative towards third parties and customers
• Ability to communicate effectively with a vast array of different personalities from different cultures and find ways to motive them
• Basic knowledge of SEO and what this means for the content
• Experience with editing webpages and content in a CMS

Employment conditions

Working hours 37,5 hours a week and flexible working times.

Benefits

• We offer you a job in a multicultural and informal international working environment with interesting conditions, both primary and secondary
• Competitive salary
• Holiday allowance: 8% of annual salary
• 25 vacation days
• Pension plan fully paid by employer

Contact info

For more information about this vacancy please contact Vidya Gangaram Panday on +31 23 569 2700. To apply for this role, please fill out the form on this page or send your resume (and if applicable, a portfolio) and cover letter to recruitment@opticon.com.

Acquisition regarding this position is not appreciated.

We are currently looking for a German speaking Account Manager to support our German office in Dietzenbach.

Firmenprofil

Die Opticon Sensoren GmbH ist die deutsche Vertriebsorganisation eines japanischen Technologieunternehmens mit HQ in den Niederlanden. Opticon ist einer der wenigen weltweit agierenden Hersteller mit eigener Scanner Technologie und Qualitätsprodukten aus den Bereichen Automatischer Indentifikation, ESL und Digital Signage.

Zur Verstärkung unseres Vertriebsteams in D/AT suchen wir für unseren Standort Dietzenbach (Homeoffice möglich) zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt einen Account Manager.

Das erwartet Sie in dieser spannenden Position:

• • • • Erweiterung bestehender Kundensegmente und aktives Beziehungsmanagement zum Kunden
      • Eigenverantwortliche Account-Planung
      • Akquisition neuer Kunden und Projekte
      • Hoher Reiseanteil (3-4 Tage pro Woche)
      • Analyse der Kundenanforderungen und Lösungspräsentation
      • Wettbewerbs- und Marktanalyse (Produktplatzierung und Preisfindung)
      • Pflege des CRM Tools

     

Sie sollten für diese Position folgende Eigenschaften mitbringen:

• • • • Mehrjährige Erfahrung (min. 3 Jahre) im Account Management / Außendienst und Vertrieb von Hardware oder komplexer IT-Lösungen, sowie nachweisbare Erfolge in diesen Tätigkeiten
      • Proaktives und selbstständiges/autonomes Handeln
      • Hohe Kundenorientierung
      • Souveränes und überzeugendes Auftreten sowie Verhandlungssicherheit
      • Hohe Eigenmotivation, Detail-Orientiertheit und Organisations-Talent
      • Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift
      • Hohe Reisebereitschaft innerhalb der Vertriebsregion

     

Unser Angebot:
Es erwartet Sie eine vielseitige, anspruchsvolle und interessante Tätigkeit in einem sympathischen, engagierten Team. In einem angenehmen Arbeitsumfeld werden Sie einen Arbeitsplatz vorfinden, der Ihnen ein hohes Maß an Selbstständigkeit und eigenem Gestaltungsspielraum bietet.

Unser Vergütungspaket

Attraktives Fixgehalt + Firmen-PKW, auch zur privaten Nutzung

• • • Flache Hierarchien
    • Familiäre Atmosphäre in einem kleinen und eingespielten Team
    • Vollständige technische Ausstattung für einen erfolgreichen Vertriebsalltag

Es handelt sich um eine unbefristete Anstellung in Vollzeit.

Fühlen Sie sich angesprochen?

Dann senden Sie bitte Ihre vollständigen Bewerbungsunterlagen inklusive Lichtbild, unter Angabe Ihrer Gehaltsvorstellungen und Ihres frühestmöglichen Eintrittstermins an:

Opticon Sensoren GmbH
z.H. Alexandra Hauers
Lise-Meitner-Straße 1
63128 Dietzenbach

Oder per Mail an:
alexandra.hauers@opticon.com

Opticon has a vacancy for a PreSales Engineer / Software developer for the German office. Therefore the job description is in the German language.

Die Opticon Sensoren GmbH ist seit 1989 die deutsche Niederlassung der Opticon Sensors Europe B.V. und mit Opticon Inc. (USA) Teil der OPTOELECTRONICS Co., Ltd (Japan).

Als ersten Ansprechpartner für unsere Produkte im Presales, Software und Support Bereich suchen wir ab sofort einen Presales Engineer/Software Developer:

Ihre Aufgaben

• Interne wie externe Schnittstelle zwischen Kunden, Vertriebs- und Außendienstmitarbeitern
• Präsentation von technischen Lösungen beim Kunden
• Durchführung von internen sowie externen Kundenworkshops und Schulungen
• Technische Konzeption und Umsetzung von Kundenanforderungen
• Support und Fehleranalyse
• Konfiguration und Installation von proprietären Systemen sowie Barcodelesegeräten, mobilen Datenerfassungsgeräten, OEM-Modulen, Embedded Systemen und Electronic Shelf Labels im Bereich Digital Signage
• Application Development in C, C++, C# und Android

Ihre Qualifikationen

• Ihre fundierte Ausbildung/Studium in einer IT-technischen Fachrichtung oder vergleichbare Qualifikationen kombinieren Sie mit einer mindestens 2-jähirgen Berufserfahrung in den Bereichen IT Support und/oder IT- Projekten
• Erweiterte Kenntnisse in SQL, HTML, Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded Compact, PHP, Python zusätzliche Kenntnisse in anderen Programmiersprachen sind ein Plus
• Reisebereitschaft
• Schnelle Auffassungsgabe sowie ziel- und lösungsorientierte Arbeitsweise
• Sehr gute kommunikative Fähigkeiten, Begeisterung für die Kundenberatung
• Erfahrungen im Barcode Bereich wünschenswert
• Deutsch und Englisch fließend in Wort und Schrift

Unser Angebot

• Eine interessante und vielseitige Tätigkeit in einem komplexen Umfeld
• Offene Kommunikationskultur mit flachen Hierarchien
• Persönliche Entfaltung in einem hoch motivierten und qualifizierten Team mit gutem Betriebsklima
• Flexible Arbeitszeiten
• Firmenwagen
• Betriebliche Altersvorsorge

Haben wir Ihr Interesse geweckt? Dann senden Sie uns bitte Ihre aussagekräftige Bewerbung, vorzugsweise per Email an alexandra.hauers@opticon.com, unter Angabe Ihrer Gehaltsvorstellungen sowie des nächstmöglichen Eintrittstermins zu.

Acquisition regarding this position is not appreciated.

The Company

Opticon Sensors Europe is an international manufacturer of Scanning and Display solutions with her origins in Japan. With 17 subsidiaries Opticon is worldwide active in several markets. The European headquarters is located in the Netherlands (Hoofddorp), and from here all the regional offices are coordinated. Besides online marketing and promotional material, to support the sales team, Opticon gains a lot of attention every year by attending a variety of exhibitions around the world.

The Job Profile

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and proactive marketing assistant with strong design skills for our European headquarter. You will work together with the Marketing Manager of the company and you will have close cooperation with the local R&D, Support team and the international Sales team. This job includes several responsibilities:

• Actively assist in creating marketing strategies.
• Writing several types of content (Product descriptions, case studies, leaflets, etc.)
• Designing marketing banners, leaflets, flyers, giveaways.
• Organizing supplies and stock of marketing items for the HQ and regional offices.
• Work closely together with third parties to reach strategic marketing goals.
• Assist in organizing exhibitions and (in-house) events.
• Maintaining and improving the website.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communication or Journalism.
• Minimum of 2 year’s relevant work experience in Marketing or Communication.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and English.
• Excellent in Adobe Creative Cloud, especially, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
• Ability to edit video material with Adobe After Effects and/or Premier Pro is an advantage.
• Experience with editing webpages and content in a CMS.
• Representative and communicative towards third parties and customers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with different personalities from different cultures.
• Basic knowledge of SEO and what this means for the content.
• Intermediate photographical knowledge.
• Experience in creating content in the technology market is a large advantage.

Benefits
A competitive salary and great secondary benefits like a fully paid pension plan, working week of 37,5 hours and flexible working times.

Contact info

For more information about this vacancy please contact Vidya Gangaram Panday on +31 23 569 700. To apply for this role, please fill out the form on this page or send your resume (and if applicable, a portfolio) and cover letter to recruitment@opticon.com

Acquisition regarding this position is not appreciated.

We are looking for a passionate, driven East Coast Sales Account Manager who will partner with our customers and ensure their long-term success. The Sales Account Manager role is to manage a portfolio of assigned customers and partners, develop new business from existing clients and actively seek new opportunities.

Profile

• 5+ years experience selling technical products preferred
• Auto ID/barcode experience required
• Channel experience required
• OEM sales experience a plus
• Located in a major city in the Eastern part of USA
• Remote position with candidate working from a home office
• Able and willing to travel (overseas as well)
• College degree preferred

Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Highly motivated and results oriented
• Demonstrated successful track record prospecting and selling directly and through the channel
• Must have a proven track record of successfully managing and maintaining relationships with channel partners
• Proficiency in managing multiple resources such as channels, sales engineering support, professional services, etc.
• Previous quota assignments (not less than $1.5M+) with successful performance against quota for multiple years
• Strong relationship management skills
• Excellent communication (oral, written and presentation) and negotiation skills
• Experience selling in a technology hardware related environment
• Ability to work independently as well as work in a collaborative, team environment

General Responsibilities

• End user and partner sales prospecting
• Opportunity qualification and analysis
• Sales funnel growth and forecasting
• Work with channel partners to create and find new sales leads
• Help solve customer/partner problems and help them achieve their goals
• Proposing and closing

We are currently looking for a German speaking Account Manager to support our German office in Dietzenbach.

Firmenprofil

Für unseren Mandanten, ein mittelständisches Technologieunternehmen mit deutscher Vertriebsniederlassung im Raum Offenbach am Main, suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt einen Account Manager / Sales Manager (m/w) für die Region Deutschland und Österreich. Das Unternehmen ist ein weltweit agierender Hersteller von Scanner-Technologie und positioniert sich zudem, als ein zukunftsorientierter Anbieter von digitalen Lösungen. Das Produktportfolio reicht von Embedded Systemen bis hin zu POS-, Handscannern und weiteren mobilen Geräten.

Aufgabenbereiche

• • • Aktive Erweiterung bestehender Kundensegmente sowie ein nachhaltiges Beziehungsmanagement der zugewiesenen Accounts
    • Regelmäßige Neukundenakquise zum stetigen Ausbau der eigenen Sales-Pipeline
    • Identifizierung von Umsatzpotentialen im Markt sowie die Analyse der individuellen Kundenanforderung
    • Eigenverantwortliche Vermarktung aller angebotenen Produkte und Dienstleistungen
    • Erstellung von entsprechend zugeschnittenen Lösungen
    • Konsequente Ausschöpfung von Cross- und Upselling-Potentialen
    • Steuerung von Kooperations- und Vertriebspartnern
    • Eigenständige Durchführung von Wettbewerbs- und Marktanalysen

   

Anforderungsprofil

• • • Erfolgreich absolviertes Hochschulstudium im Bereich der Betriebs- oder Wirtschaftswissenschaften, oder vergleichbare Ausbildung
    • Erste einschlägige Vertriebserfahrung von Soft- bzw. Hardwarelösungen, idealerweise im Partner- sowie Direktvertrieb
    • Teamplayer mit ausgeprägter Vertriebsaffinität und starker Servicementalität
    • Exzellente Kommunikations- und Präsentationsfähigkeit sowie hohe Eigenmotivation
    • Hohe Reisebereitschaft innerhalb der Regionen
    • Verhandlungssichere Deutsch- und gute Englischkenntnisse

   

Vergütungspaket

• • • Attraktives Fixgehalt + Firmen-PKW, auch zur privaten Nutzung
    • Flache Hierarchien
    • Familiäre Atmosphäre in einem kleinen und eingespielten Team
    • Vollständige technische Ausstattung für einen erfolgreichen Vertriebsalltag

   

We are currently looking for a Customer oriented Development Engineer for Opticon’s Electronic Shelf Label solutions. You report to the R&D Manager of the company and you will work closely with the local Sales and Marketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Actively contribute to product development
• Suggest improvements to current software
• Prepare and execute customer projects and installations
• Act as a first line of support for customers
• Act as technical and solution liaison between sales and customers
• Play an active role during customer visits, together with sales

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 2 year’s relevant work experience in technical engineering, ideally combined with a sales supporting role
• Communicative and representative
• Good verbal and written skills in Dutch and English
• Significant experience in programming in C#
• Experience in C or embedded software is a plus
• Affinity with IT and eager for personal development
• Experience in software development in Linux and/or Android is a plus
• Able to interact well with customers and to provide proactive status and feedback to all stakeholders
• Team player, yet able to work independently
• Willing to travel to visit customers and provide support on location

Benefits
A competitive salary and great secondary benefits like flexible working hours and a fully paid pension plan. Working hours 37.5 hours a week.

Contact info
For more information about this vacancy please contact Kees Stoop on +31 23 569 700. To apply for this role, please fill out the form on this page or send your resume and cover letter to recruitment@opticon.com

Acquisition regarding this position is not appreciated.

Do you want to be responsible for making financial reports and communication with offices abroad in order to consolidate the figures for the group?

We are looking for a Finance Manager in Hoofddorp. You report to the Chief Financial Officer and you will work closely with the local finance team and the finance members of our subsidiaries worldwide. You will be in charge of one accounting employee.

Key areas of responsibility will be the monthly financial reporting and consolidation of the 17 subsidiaries. Be accountable for a smooth process of the quarterly reviews and year end audit by our auditors. Maintain and improve internal controls and comply with JSOX regulations.

In this role you will be the key business partner for the Chief Financial Officer.

Responsibilities:

• Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing
• Consolidation of financial figures of the 17 subsidiaries in accordance with IFRS
• Monthly balance sheet and P&L Fluctuation Analysis
• Prepare all reconciliations (intercompany, inventory)
• Prepare financial reports for Management
• Monitor operations of Accountant responsible for AP, AR & VAT
• Prepare and analyze business cases and advice management
• Work closely together with other departments, analyze results and propose improvements
• Monitor JSOX compliance policies
• Assist in monitoring transfer pricing policy

Profile

• Minimum of 5 year’s experience in an accounting firm, ideally combined with a few years experience as accountant or financial controller at an international company;
• Technical consolidation skills; experience with consolidation of multiple subsidiaries is a plus;
• Advanced Excel skills;
• Fluency in Dutch and English required;
• An outgoing personality, being able to build relationships (inter)nationally

Offer

Competitive salary, combined with good secondary benefits, 37,5 hour work week and flexible working times.

Do you feel that this position suits you perfectly? Apply now.

Acquisition regarding this position is not appreciated.

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for supporting Opticon’s technical products in a support role for the sales team and will work with potentially new and current customers. The ideal candidate for this position will have a background in automation systems, automation controls, or application engineering (preferably in the industrial automation marketplace) and will have had a few years of experience working directly with customers. Travel may be required anytime and on a moment’s notice. Candidate must have a valid passport.

Qualification Requirements:

• Past work experience as a technical sales engineer, application engineer, customer support engineer, or systems integration engineer.
• BS, BA, EE, CS, or equivalent experience preferred in a Scientific/Technical discipline.
• Have strong presentation & communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Self-motivated with the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Aptitude with multiple disciplines of a technical product: hardware, software, lasers, optics, and mechanical aspects; also have some experience with Network systems and some database knowledge.
• A passion to learn and continually expand their technical knowledge by testing and working on new electronic products that are developed and released.
• Should have past troubleshooting, analytical, technical, problem solving skills.
• Be able to wire, construct and program automation control systems (PLCs, Controllers, HMIs), such as Allen Bradly, Siemens or Beckhoff.
• Able to interact well with customers to provide a positive experience, and to provide proactive status and feedback to all stakeholders (including sales and management).
• Should be organized & have some multi-tasking skills, shifting gears when needed.
• Ability to work both independently and within teams, providing transparency to management while requiring little supervision.
• Must have a current Passport and be willing to travel within and outside of the USA.  

The ideal candidate will also possess the following skills:

• AIDC Bar Code Automation history or an Engineering discipline in an automation controlled environment.
• Will have had On-site Installation, repair or training of a technical product.
• Be able to develop some test software applications for some of Opticon’s product lines to test functionality.
• Has Electronics Engineering background.
• Is able to design schematics/ PCB circuits.
• Can program or read programming codes.  
• Have project management skills (MS-Project or similar)

Primary Duties:

• Become an expert technical engineer in the North American region for scan modules and new products for Opticon, Inc.  This may include installation and setup and a rare occasion for some on-site customer support when needed.
• Be able to quickly learn the technical aspects of new products as they become available.  This may include some preliminary testing and reporting back the findings to the development engineers.
• Work directly with the sales team and customers as a technical support during all phases of the sales cycles:  pre-qualification, procurement, problem resolution, and product End of Life.
• Work with marketing, operations and management on non-customer specific applications, which may include:  testing, provisioning, product demonstrations, trade show assistance, general sales purposes, and expanding existing product lines into new and existing markets.
• Work with customers and internal customer support teams to provide innovative solutions to bugs or problems arising from software or the integration of scanner hardware into customer’s business processes; own the escalated issues and drive them to resolution quickly, efficiently, and professionally.
• Create “Application Notes” and produce other technical document
• Work with engineering on new product development tasks.
• May be required to help with duties not normal to this position: ie. inventory, helpdesk, IT help
• Create or Assist with technical documents, user instructions, videos and other technical documentation.
• Assist with competitive analyses by benchmark testing Opticon products against similar devices.
• Set up and run test equipment and systems for engineering analysis when needed.
• Collect information for software development requests.
• Assist other departments as needed.

Compensation:

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits package (health, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance)
• Paid Holidays (typ. 13)
• Other Paid Time Off (Sick/Vacation/Personal time)

Opticon Contact:

E-mail resumes to:  resumes@opticonusa.com or use the form on the right hand side, please include in the subject: Re: Technical Sales Engineer Position: # 16-04

*Qualified candidates must be legally able to work in the USA

Opticon Inc. has an open position for a Technical Sales Engineer that is located on the East side of the U.S.  This position is a work-from-home (Home office) opportunity; however travel and stay for a few days to the Headquarters in Renton, WA., may be occasionally required.   Travel and hotel stays to trade shows and customer sites may also be required on occasion.  Travel would probably not exceed 15%.

The Technical Sales/Systems Engineer will be considered the technical expert for all of Opticon products.  They will be responsible for both pre-sales and post-sales technical support for both current and potential new customers.  This person will work closely with the USA Sales Team and provide them with any needed technical documents, advice, or support they may need.     Travel may be required anytime and on a moment’s notice.  Candidate must be a US citizen and have a valid passport.

Qualification Requirements:

• Past work experience as a technical sales engineer, application engineer, customer support engineer, or systems integration engineer.  Preferably work history with a clinical  organization.
• BS, BA, EE, CS, or equivalent experience preferred in a Scientific/Technical discipline.
• Have strong presentation & communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Self-motivated with the ability to plan daily tasks and keep management and sales updated.
• Aptitude with multiple disciplines of a technical product: hardware, software, lasers, optics, and mechanical aspects; also have some experience with Network systems and some database knowledge.
• A passion to learn and continually expand technical knowledge by testing and working on new electronic products that are developed and released.
• Should have past troubleshooting, analytical, technical, problem solving skills.
• Be able to test technical products to determine a potential root cause of failure.
• Able to interact well with customers to provide a positive experience, and to provide proactive status and feedback to all stakeholders (including sales and management).
• Should be highly organized & have strong multi-tasking skills, shifting gears when needed.
• Ability to work independently and within teams.
• Must have a current Passport and be willing to travel within and outside of the USA.
• Be able to speak & write fluent English.

The ideal candidate will also possess the following skills:

• Bar Code/ AIDC history or an engineering discipline in any lab or factory automation environment.
• Will have had on-site Installation, repair or training of a technical product.
• Will have clinical / lab automation background
• Have an Electronics or Electromechanical Engineering background.
• Could be able to draw mechanical CAD drawings, draw schematics and/or do PCB layout.

Primary Duties:

• Work directly with the sales team and customers as a technical support during all phases of the sales cycles:  pre-qualification, procurement, problem resolution, and product End of Life.
• Become THE technical expert engineer in the Americas for all of the Opticon, Inc. line of products.  This may include installation and setup and a rare occasion for some on-site customer support to fix problems when needed.
• Be able to quickly learn the technical aspects of new products as they become available.  This may include some preliminary testing and reporting back the findings to the development engineers.

• Work with marketing, operations and management on non-customer specific applications, which may include:  testing, provisioning, product demonstrations, trade show assistance, general sales purposes, and expanding existing product lines into new and existing markets.

• Work with customers and internal customer support teams to provide innovative solutions to bugs or problems arising from software or the integration of scanner hardware into customer’s business processes; own the escalated issues and drive them to resolution quickly, efficiently, and professionally.

• Provide feedback to engineering on revisions, improvements ideas or new product development requests.
• May be called on to assist with the creation of documents, user instructions, videos and other technical documentation.
• Assist with competitive analyses by benchmark testing Opticon products against similar devices.
• Set up and run test equipment and systems for engineering analysis when needed to determine root-cause analysis.
• Write-up reports, Root-Cause-Analysis, and other documentation for both internal use and external customer-use documentation.

Compensation

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits package (health, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance)
• Paid Holidays  and other paid Time Off (Sick/Vacation/Personal time)

Opticon Contact:

E-mail resumes to:  resumes@opticonusa.com or use the form on the right hand side, please include in the subject: Re: Technical Sales Engineer Position: # 16-02

*Qualified candidates must be legally able to work in the USA

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