External Sales Engineer - Midlands & North - 40,000-45,000 (DOE)

External Sales Engineer required to join a well-established distributor of pressure control equipment for the oil & gas, automotive, medical, power generation and brewing industries.

My client is seeking someone to cover part of the Midlands and the North of the UK who has held one of the previous job titles; Sales Manager, Sales Engineer, Account Manager or Business Development Manager. They have a UK turn-over of 6m and operate as an SME but have the financial backing of a global parent company.

As the successful External Sales Engineer you will have a strong technical background, with previous experience selling pressure management and fluid control equipment, including valves, pneumatics, filtration and gauges.

Benefits:

Salary - 40,000-45,000

Uncapped bonus scheme

Car allowance (450 per month)

Mobile phone

laptop

Company pension (8%)

Private medical insurance

24 Days Holiday + Bank holidays

Working hours Mon-Thurs 8.45am - 5.30pm, Fri 8.45am - 14.45pm

Responsibilities:

Liaising with suppliers to gain product support and pricing
Creating customer quotations
Inputting Customer orders
Work closely with Operations team, advising on specific customer requirements
Work with accounts to resolve any invoicing issues
General admin duties
Answering the telephones, assisting customers, or directing the call onwards to the relevant person
Advising management of any issues/problems
Attend relevant training on and off site.
Management of Existing Accounts (1.4m revenue)
New account Business development
Solutions sales - advising customers on the best products to solve their problems

Candidate requirements:

External Sales experience preferred as this is a customer facing position.
A good mix of "Hunter" and "Farming" sales experience.
Knowledge of valves, pneumatics, filtration, gauges, manifolds and related fluid control products.
Computer literacy skills, Microsoft office. Sage 200 experience preferred but not essential

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