BASIC SALARY: £35,000 - £42,000
BENEFITS:
· Annual bonus of up to 25% of basic salary
· Company laptop and mobile phone
· 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
· 8% employer pension contribution
· Life Assurance
· Healthcare Scheme
· Childcare Vouchers
· Company Share Incentive Plan
· Hybrid working policy
LOCATION: Based from either the Coventry or Wakefield office, covering the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions. This is a field-based role with regular travel and overnight stays.
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Kenilworth, Solihull, Hinckley, Tamworth, Birmingham, Wakefield, Leeds, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Dewsbury, Bradford.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Engineer, Technical Sales Representative, Graduate - Industrial Components, Engineering Solutions - Manufacturing & Industrial Markets
As our Technical Sales Representative, you'll combine your engineering knowledge with commercial responsibility, working closely with OEMs, distributors and end users to deliver the right engineering solutions for their applications. You'll inherit an established portfolio of customers while developing new business opportunities across your territory. Spending most of your time in front of customers, you'll build long-term relationships, provide technical support and identify opportunities to grow existing and new accounts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Sales Engineer, Technical Sales Representative, Graduate - Industrial Components, Engineering Solutions - Manufacturing & Industrial Markets
As our Technical Sales Representative you will :
· Manage and develop an existing portfolio of customer accounts
· Identify and develop new business opportunities across your territory
· Build strong relationships with OEMs, distributors and end users
· Visit customers regularly, spending more than 60% of your time in the field
· Provide technical advice and application support, working closely with internal product specialists
· Support engineering discussions around existing and new product opportunities
· Coordinate with internal service teams to deliver the best solution for your customers
· Implement agreed pricing strategies and maintain an accurate CRM pipeline
· Deliver against sales targets and business objectives
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Sales Engineer, Technical Sales Representative, Graduate - Industrial Components, Engineering Solutions - Manufacturing & Industrial Markets
We're looking for someone with a strong mechanical engineering background, excellent communication skills and the ambition to build a successful career in technical sales. You don't need years of experience - you need curiosity, drive, and a solid technical foundation, and the willingness to travel across the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions, including overnight stays.
You'll ideally have:
· HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, Automotive, Aerospace or a related Engineering discipline
· Experience within technical sales, internal sales, applications engineering or technical support, or be an engineer looking to move into a customer-facing commercial role
· The ability to read engineering drawings and understand mechanical engineering principles
· Strong communication and presentation skills with the confidence to build customer relationships
Graduates with relevant engineering qualifications, internships or placement experience are encouraged to apply, as full product training and ongoing support will be provided.
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 Engineer, Internal Sales Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Apprentice Engineer - Graduate - Bearings, Power Transmission, Industrial Components, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation, OEMs, Heavy Industry, Automotive, Rail, Aerospace, Renewables, Marine, Mining, Metals, 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: SM18600, Wallace Hind Selection
Salary description
£35000.00 - £42000.00 per year