Technical Sales Engineer

I am working closely with my market leading electronics OEM client to recruit experienced Technical Sales Engineers. This opportunity to join their in-house Sales Team has been created through continued growth and increasing demand for their range of products and turnkey solutions. They supply a wide range of industries with measurement and monitoring instrumentation. Based at their modern manufacturing site in Leicestershire / East Midlands, into which the company is continuing to invest significantly as it has over recent years, this customer-facing role will involve you being the link between the company and their customers. You will need to be able to learn about and understand the variety of products and systems which the company can offer (after in-house training) in order to recommend the most suitable solutions to meet customer requirements. This will include 'off the shelf' standardised products, modifications to these, as well as bespoke solutions. The latter will involve working closely with their in-house R&D team to develop and commercialise NPDs and NPIs. The company is also increasing their focus on customer aftersales care for maintenance and calibration services, as well as to encourage repeat business. The role will involve a combination of inbound enquiries and proactive sales activities (approximately 80/20 split) with both new and existing customers. There is the expectation that your time will be divided between visiting customers (at least 25%) with the rest office-based. Candidates must have a technical or technological background from education (i.e. hold a technical degree-level or equivalent qualification in subjects such as electrical engineering, electronics, product design, industrial design, technology, etc.) and/or industry experience, in addition to previous sales experience. Applications are invited from Product Managers, Technical Sales Engineers, Technical Specialists, Product Specialists, as well as R&D Engineers who have a commercial background. This role can be surmised as one that is very sales orientated and requires extensive liaison internally with members at all levels up to senior management within Sales, Marketing, R&D and Production Teams. Candidates who are currently and/or have previously worked within sectors that focus on electronics / electrical engineering such as sensors or measurement instrumentation are of particular interest. Excellent interpersonal skills and strong communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential for this role. Equally as important is the ability to work well in a team. This role will involve both domestic and overseas travel to visit customer sites for meetings and attending trade shows, so a driving licence and passport are highly desirable. Because of this travel element a degree of flexible remote working can be considered for the right individual. There is also excellent career progression associated with this role, together with a very competitive salary, commission and benefits package. They also offer a tailored induction and training programme for all new starters to help integrate them into the company and familiarise themselves with our products, services and processes. More information is available upon application. When applying for this role, please indicate your current salary (plus benefits package), minimum salary required, notice period and your reasons for wishing to move from your current company. Alliance Consulting is acting as an employment agency in this respect. Alliance Consulting specialise in the placement of engineers throughout the UK. By sending us your CV you are explicitly consenting to our processing of your personal data on a computer database and/or in manual files for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. This processing will be carried out in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998. By applying for this role you hereby consent to us submitting your CV to our client. If you do not wish your CV to be sent to our client then you must clearly state this to us. Equally, if there are any companies that you do not wish your CV to be sent to (for whatever reason), then please let us know of this when you apply. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89722185