Technical Sales

Coventry based internal sales role where you can truly build a sales career!  You''ll earn excellent commission whilst building relationships with new and existing sales accounts. We want a self motivated and driven sales professional, who has a technical ability, or an engineering background, understanding with the ability to build credibility with our large customer base.
 
BASIC SALARY: Up to £43,000
 
BENEFITS:
· Annual bonus up to 25% of basic salary
· Full mobile communications set up including mobile & laptop
· 25 Days Holiday
· Generous Pension Scheme
· Life Assurance
· Healthcare Scheme
· Childcare Vouchers
· Company Share Incentive
· Flexible working from home policy
 
LOCATION: Office based in Coventry
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Leicester, Rugby, Northampton, Banbury, Worcester, Corby, Stratford upon Avon, Daventry, Redditch, Nuneaton, Solihull, Lutterworth, Bicester, Coalville, Loughborough, Evesham
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: Technical Sales, Sales Engineer, Internal Sales - engineered components, industrial components
 
Based at our offices in Coventry, this Technical Sales role is a 60% account management and 40% new business generation role, developing business with an existing account base, following up and qualifying leads, and building your own customer base through canvassing our CRM system.
 
We have an excellent technical and commercial support system - but no micromanagement! Weekly Teams meetings with your Line Manager are typical, with more detailed monthly 1 to 1''s.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Technical Sales, Sales Engineer, Internal Sales - engineered components, industrial components
 
In this Technical Sales role, you will:
· Take ownership of your CRM data, accounts and will maximise sales through calls, emails and marketing communication
· Provide excellent account management to customers around the UK, Eire and the Nordic region delivering market and product information, managing the quotation to order process
· Use our SAP system to keep up to date records on client activity.
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Technical Sales, Sales Engineer, Internal Sales - engineered components, industrial components
 
· You could be a recently qualified Engineer who wants to get into sales?
· You could be an experienced, field based Sales Engineer looking to get off the road.  
· You could be an internal sales professional with an understanding of mechanical principals (either from education or experience).
 
Either way, we want people who are :
 
· A driven, proactive sales professional who takes pride in knowing their data and understanding their customer base
· An organised self starter who doesn''t want or need micromanagement. Our hands off management style relies on good people doing what they say they''re going to do
· Technically minded - comfortable discussing the application of mechanically engineered precision components with end user (OEM) customers.
 
We regret that our client is unable to provide sponsorship for candidates at this time, and would recommend that those candidates who require sponsorship support within the next 3 years need not apply.
 
THE COMPANY:
 
We have 50 years in business as a very successful innovator and manufacturer of precision components and powertrain. We are now part of a multinational, billion dollar corporation with its own track record and sales successes, and we are now looking to expand our sales force to develop new business from a large range of existing, trusted customers - whilst following leads to add to that client list.
 
PROSPECTS:
 
Are good in a very well respected international group, with a large structures sales team across the UK and worldwide.
 
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services:  Sales Executive, Sales Engineer, Internal Technical Sales, Inside Sales,  Business Development Executive, Telesales - OEM, Distributor, Precision Engineering, Components
 
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
 
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
 
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
 
REF: SP18445, Wallace Hind Selection