Sales Engineer

We're hiring a Sales Engineer to join a global engineering manufacturer based in Coventry. If you have a background in internal technical sales, applications engineering or technical support and want to build your career in external technical sales, we'll give you the product training and support you need while you work with OEMs, distributors and end users across a variety of industrial markets.
 
BASIC SALARY: Up to £50,000
 
BENEFITS:
· Annual bonus up to 25% of basic salary
· Full mobile communications set up including mobile & laptop
· 25 Days Holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous Pension Scheme (8% company contribution)
· Life Assurance
· Healthcare Scheme
· Childcare Vouchers
· Company Share Incentive
· Flexible working from home policy
 
LOCATION: You will ideally be based in or near Coventry. You will cover the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions. Travel is required, including overnight stays.
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Kenilworth, Solihull, Hinckley, Tamworth, Birmingham.
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Engineer - Industrial Components, Power Transmission, Engineering Solutions - Manufacturing & Industrial Markets
 
As our Sales Engineer, you'll manage and develop relationships with distributors, OEMs and end users, helping customers identify the right engineering solutions for their applications. You'll inherit an established customer base while developing new business opportunities across multiple industrial sectors. This is a consultative field sales role where both technical credibility and commercial awareness are essential. You will:
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Sales Engineer - Industrial Components, Power Transmission, Engineering Solutions

· Provide technical advice and application support to customers
· Deliver product presentations and training to distributors
· Visit customers throughout the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions
· Build and manage a healthy sales pipeline using CRM
· Deliver against sales targets and KPIs
· Work closely with product specialists and the wider sales team to develop customer solutions
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Sales Engineer - Industrial Components, Power Transmission, Engineering Solutions

We're looking for someone with a strong technical engineering background combined with commercial experience who is ready to take the next step into a customer-facing external sales role. You'll ideally have:
· Experience in internal sales, applications engineering, technical support or technical customer service within an engineering or manufacturing environment
· Knowledge of power transmission, bearings, geared products, industrial components or related mechanical engineering products
· Experience supporting OEMs, distributors or end users
· Ability to read engineering drawings and technical documentation
· Strong communication and relationship-building skills
· A proactive approach to identifying new business opportunities
· Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a sales territory
· Willingness to travel across the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions
 
THE COMPANY:
 
We have 50 years in business as a very successful innovator and manufacturer of precision components and powertrain products. We are now part of a multinational, billion-dollar corporation with its own track record of engineering and commercial success. Due to continued growth, we're expanding our sales team to support existing customers while developing new business opportunities across our established markets.

PROSPECTS:

Excellent long-term career opportunities exist within a highly respected international engineering group, with structured progression across both the UK and global sales organisation.

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 Engineer, Internal Sales Engineer, Applications Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer, Area Sales Engineer, Bearings, Geared Motors, Gearboxes, Power Transmission, Motion Control, Industrial Components, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation, OEMs, Heavy Industry, Automotive, Rail, Aerospace, Marine, Mining, Metals, Renewables and Construction Equipment.
 
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: SM18535, Wallace Hind Selection