Entry Level Technical Sales - Burnaby Office
At a glance
Entry-level Solutions & Sales Engineering role at KEYENCE CANADA INC.. Burnaby · full-time.
Pay not stated
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Help customers apply KEYENCE products to quality control, reliability, and research challenges
- Visit customer facilities three days weekly to sell across manufacturing and related industries
- Match each customer’s application with suitable products and services, explaining the technical case
- Build product expertise through structured training, mentorship, and hands-on customer problem-solving
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree and strong spoken and written communication
- Careful listening, with the ability to respond effectively to customer questions and requests
- A results-focused, persistent approach and motivation to grow through intensive sales training
- Willingness to spend sixty percent of your time traveling, sometimes overnight
- A current driving credential plus personal transportation, and readiness to handle demonstration equipment weighing thirty to ninety pounds
Who this fits
You’ll suit an entry-level role that combines consultative selling, technical learning, customer visits, and face-to-face work with manufacturers. The position is hybrid, with about two days weekly in the Burnaby office and the balance in the field. You’ll need to work around manufacturing conditions, follow site safety rules, and wear required protective equipment.
From the employer
KEYENCE CANADA Company Overview
• Founded in Japan in 1974, KEYENCE Corporation has grown into a global leader in industrial automation technology — 250 offices, 46 countries, $7.06 billion USD in annual sales, and over 12,261 employees worldwide.
• KEYENCE Canada Inc. launched in 2004 and now operates four offices — Mississauga, Montreal, Windsor, and Burnaby — and we're growing fast.
• We lead by innovating. Our edge is our direct sales force: highly trained, consultative, and relentless about solving our customers' toughest problems.
The Opportunity for You
• This is your shot to learn and master consultative, application-based sales — real problem-solving, not scripted pitches. Our structured training and mentoring program is built to take you from day one to expert.
• Expect a fast pace and high standards. You'll spend about two days a week in a professional, energetic office — and the rest out in the field, in front of manufacturers and clients, solving problems face to face.
• You'll become the trusted product specialist customers turn to for their toughest quality control, reliability, and R&D challenges. KEYENCE's products are highly technical —But don’t worry we'll train you to be the expert.
Responsibilities and Duties
• Provide technical consultation and support to customers, helping them solve real-world applications with KEYENCE products across a wide range of industries.
• Travel to customer sites three days a week, selling into a diverse mix of manufacturing and related industries.
• Advise on and promote the right products and services for each customer's specific application — and back it up with expertise they can trust.
Requirements and Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
· Active listening skills and ability to react customer questions and requests.
• Goal-oriented and hard-working, with a genuine drive to make a measurable impact on KEYENCE Canada's success.
• Hungry to grow — through intensive training, hands-on mentorship, and a proactive, process-driven sales approach.
• Willing to travel 60% of the time, including occasional overnight trips.
• Valid driver's license and access to your own vehicle.
Why Work for KEYENCE
• Ranked on Forbes' World's Top 100 “Most Innovative Companies” list — 8 years running.
• We hire entry-level only and invest in your growth from day one, building your sales career from the ground up.
• Competitive compensation.
• Health coverage for you and your family — medical, dental, and vision.
• 2 weeks of starting vacation and 8 paid personal days.
• Paid shutdown over the winter holidays.
• Paid 3-month training period plus an ongoing professional development program.
• Fully paid travel expenses.
• Group RRSP plan after 6 months with KEYENCE.
• Real work-life balance with a hybrid way of working.
Supplementary Information
Position requires the ability to lift and carry 30-90lbs of demonstration equipment in and out of vehicles, and through customer facilities with or without reasonable onsite accommodation(s). Incumbents are expected to demonstrate flexibility to manufacturing environments in terms of level of cleanliness, temperature, and/or noise levels. Incumbents must also abide by all safety regulations in offices and customer locations, including wearing safety equipment and /or gear whenever required.
KEYENCE Canada is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment, and ensures equal opportunity for all persons regardless of; race, religion, color, place or origin, ancestry, citizenship, nationality, ethnic origin, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, physical disability, mental disability, use of any means to palliate any disability, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, record of offences, (as defined in applicable human rights legislation), veteran status, liability for service in the armed forces, political convictions, language, social condition, civil status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If, due to disability, you are unable to complete this online application, please fax your request for a reasonable accommodation or expression of interest to (905)366-1122.
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