Sales Engineer

Main duties

The role:

Based at our Holytown site, and reporting to the Sales Manager, the successful candidate will be joining a busy sales team. Initiating, buuilding and maintaining strong customer relationships as well as understanding their technical need, growing sales.

What you will be doing: 

Achieve revenue targets and margin projections within the specified region and increase market share in Mersen related insulation products.

Manage and facilitate success within the territory to meet the performance and sales goals.

Foster and nurture existing customer relationships for growth expectations

Continually seek and develop new business opportunities.

Create prospects through networking, cold calling, and other prospecting methods.

Track, follow -up and monitor all leads and sales opportunities in a timely manner.

Respond to detailed requests for quotes, pricing, information, and other detailed procurement contracts within the expected time frames / deadlines.

Provide technical support to Mersen affiliate companies.

Expect to travel within the region to support customers/affiliates’, attend trade shows and business events.

Work collaboratively with internal resources; customer service, technical, R&D and operations

Professionally represent the company at all times

Who are we looking for?

Someone a passion and interest in our products and the ability to understand our process and learn the technical properties and data of our product range and customers. Collaborate and drive customer orders, you must be driven with a professional and friendly manner.

Essential

• Engineering or materials qualification. Graduate masters or 6-10 years technical sales experience essential


• Experience in technical sales relating to industrial materials is desirable.


• Experience of working in the electronic materials, Aerospace and Heat treatment markets is desirable


• Computer literate, Microsoft office and JD Edwards a plus


• Able to work on own initiative.