Technical Sales Representative

VPG has a long history of innovation, specifically in precision foil resistors and foil strain gauges. This served as a foundation to expand into strain gauge instrumentation, load cells, transducers, weighing modules and complete systems for process control and on-board vehicle weighing.

VPG has facilities and operations in 13 countries, with more than 30 sites and over 2700 colleagues across the globe we recognise it is our talented people that are key in ensuring we successfully achieve our business aims.

We have a vacancy for an office based Applications Engineer to play a key role in the selling of our company’s products.

Here at VPG we recognise the value of having a diverse workforce and welcome all candidates, however we are unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this role at present.

The role:

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Sales team with customer enquiries, lead generation and supporting the overall growth of the division.

Key Responsibilities:

• Raise sales quotations as a response to both customer requests and from external Sales Managers
• Take ownership of quotations and chase through to conclusion including required follow up actions
• Respond to customer enquiries on a technical level from telephone, email and other sources to support the sales activity.
• Deliver all daily processes with consistent accuracy, while working within tight timelines.
• Provide prompt and comprehensive responses to customer queries relating to Gauge Selection, Accessories, Instrumentation and Bonding activity. 
• Become the customer’s voice within the business - aspire to exceed customer expectation, and to develop and optimise the relationship.
• Take ownership of arising issues, ensuring investigation and timely resolution.
• Perform Business Development activities from lead generation to close or handover to external sales managers
• Identify market opportunities and target accounts & sales opportunities
• Support external sales managers with Leads, Opportunities and appointment creation
• Maintain customer databases QAD & CRM
• Reporting and generation of documentation in line with customer and internal expectation.
• Pro-active approach to non-trading, existing and potential customers in support of external sales activities.
• To follow industry trends, standards, market insight and new innovations, advising the sales team - to expand our offering and further support our position as market leader for Strain Gauge Technology

The ideal candidate for this position will have the following skills and experience:

• Degree educated within electronics or Mechatronic filed or minimum two years’ experience in a technical sales role for B2B manufacturing or distribution environment is necessary.
• Team player with ability to prioritise. 
• Good attention to detail. 
• Unafraid to take on new challenges and develop within a demanding environment. 
• Good knowledge of Strain Gauge technology and Data Acquisition systems is an additional benefit.

Upon joining VPG, you become part of an amazing global community. We offer training in many different topics including professional and personal development. We believe in motivating our people to meet their goals and progress in their career and are big on internal promotions. There are so many opportunities for progression; we have had many success stories this year alone.

Our main employee benefits include:

• Competitive salary package
• Welcome Pack complete with VPG merchandise
• Pension Scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Annual leave 25 days plus public holidays (rising to 30 days with service)
• Recruitment referral scheme
• Free on-site Parking
• Company funded Social Events
• Charity committee events (the opportunity to complete voluntary work for the charities we support)
• Personal development opportunities