Service Sales Engineer
About Vanderlande
Vanderlande is a global leader in logistics process automation, specializing in automated material handling systems for airports, warehouses, and parcel operations. Our innovative solutions help move millions of products and pieces of luggage around the world every day. With a strong focus on technology, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we are committed to delivering reliable solutions for our customers while providing meaningful career opportunities for our employees.
A Service Sales Engineer II is a technical sales professional who supports sales of complex products and services by providing technical expertise, building customer relationships, and supporting the sales team while contributing to company’s goals and objectives.
Responsibilities:
Be “Customer-Centric” while adhering to company policies, processes, and culture.
Increase value within the company while providing value back to customers during their lifetime with the company.
Collaborate with Business Development Managers, department colleagues and internal stakeholders in generating new service business and ensuring growth of existing accounts.
Read, understand, and interpret RFP documents (written requests, specifications, requirements, and layouts)
Support translating needs contained within Request For Proposals (RFP’s) into Service solutions while supporting the evaluation of technical conformances, non-conformances, functionality, business needs, cost, and risks.
Collaborate on the Service solution conceptualization and design phase together with Sales and Sales Consultants, while ensuring adherence to established specifications and standards.
Support estimating the necessary manpower, labor costs, tools and equipment necessary for Site-based Services (SBS) in response to RFP’s.
Support evaluating risks and contribute to the development of mitigation plans to be considered during live service operations.
Support calculating costs based on analysis of service project specifications, schedules, historical data, and other inputs as needed from internal stakeholders.
Assist with presenting material deemed for approval by company management at different levels according to company guidelines.
Support the research, development, design and present (directly/indirectly) reports showing potential customers the cost benefit of purchasing company site-based services.
Assist with project post-execution cost analysis to impact/calibrate future estimates.
Use technical knowledge of product/service offerings to support and build sales.
Requirements:
3+ years of related experience in Project/Sales execution.
Familiarity with estimating and calculation skills.
Proficient in the use of other Microsoft Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, etc.).
2+ years of experience handling moderately complex projects collaboratively; independently manages tasks of limited complexity.
Preferred qualifications:
Preferred bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction, or related field and work experience.
Experience in warehouse automation and/or material handling systems.
Experience with logistical processes and system design.
Knowledge of mechanical/electrical systems and technology.
Skills and abilities:
Able to work effectively within multi‑disciplinary teams.
Uses personal experience and judgment to make decisions, with occasional guidance from senior team members.
Performs work with some direction and supervision.
Customer Interaction — Participates in customer‑facing interactions with support from experienced colleagues.
Possesses general understanding of conceptualization processes.
Demonstrates acceptable emotional intelligence with continued development encouraged.
Strong written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills.
Work effectively in an exciting and fast-paced environment.
Ability to support several projects simultaneously.
Ability to work effectively in an entrepreneurial international organization, often working across organizational, geographic, and cultural boundaries.
Travel:
Prepared to travel up to 20% domestically.

Vanderlande is a market-leading, global partner for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports and parcel sectors. Its extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 11,000 employees and a turnover of 2.3 billion euros.
Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) acquired Vanderlande in 2017 to cement its global leading position within material handling. It aims to achieve this by increasing its presence in all integrated and automated projects, and capitalising on the synergies between the organisations and the added value they offer to the market.
TICO therefore launched the Toyota Automated Logistics Group (TALG), which consists of Toyota L&F, Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande and viastore. TALG is a global partner for integrated logistic process automation, with its group companies collaborating under the guiding principle: for every challenge, a reliable solution.
In May 2025, Vanderlande completed the acquisition of Siemens Logistics' operations outside the USA and in doing so welcomed more than 2,000 new employees. The acquisition supports the company’s strategic ambition to accelerate its growth in automated logistics, particularly strengthening its capacity to deliver baggage, cargo and digital airport solutions.