Sales Engineer

Position:

Sales Engineer

Location:

UK

Salary:

£30K - £40K (depending on experience and track record) + Commission on GP sales (paid monthly)

The Company:

Our client is a valve and instrumentation supply company, offering a wide range of products for both standard and specialist industrial applications.

The Role:

• Promote the company with customers in person and online UK wide
• Work to promote the company as a control valve supplier and increase enquiries significantly over the first year
• Introduce the company’s range of represented and manufactured products to customers
• Apply knowledge of flow equipment range to develop appropriate solutions
• Find opportunities for bespoke designs to meet customers’ requirements
• Generate quotes and proposals to assist the quotes department
• Maintain contact with customers after proposals have been made in order to ensure that the contract is won
• Analyse market data and come up with sales strategies within the UK and abroad
• Develop marketing campaigns
• Act as an influential and integral part of the team, proposing changes to improve customer approaches and internal systems
• Provide input for consideration in pricing decisions, technical information and customer characteristics for sales strategies

Requirements:

• Technical Sales and Sales Engineering skills (preferably in pressure, temperature, level instruments and valves)
• Formal Engineering qualification (Electrical, Mechanical, or Production)
• Knowledge of industrial applications and market sectors
• Ability to understand and explain technical concepts
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented
• Ability to work within a close-knit team
• Produce measurable results in sales
• UK Driving licence
• Experience with selling into varied markets/industries
• Good inter-personal skills and results-oriented
• Experience in providing technical support
• Margin conscious sales approach
• Dependable with customers
• Share information with other sales colleagues internally, a good team player
• Proficiency in PC, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel & Word essential
• Some understanding of Business CRM systems
• Suitable combination of technical qualifications, sales training and industry experience