Gloucester / Tewkesbury / Cheltenham region
to £55k + car / allowance + generous benefits
Our client has been established for almost half a century and specialise in the provision of precision engineered components and solutions for supply across a diverse range of industry sectors worldwide. They are now seeking to recruit an experienced and proactive Technical Sales / Technical Quotation Specialist to complement their professional Business Development team, and both identify and develop profitable new business streams as well as maintain and maximise results from existing customer relationships in line with the required targets of the business.
Reporting to the Head of Sales and Business Development and based near Gloucester, the successful Technical Quotation Specialist candidate will be an exceptional communicator and skilled relationship builder at all levels, able to negotiate and influence both internal and external customers to ensure service levels achieve and exceed world class levels. Tasked with all aspects of successful sales and business development activities from customer contact and relationship building, accurate technical quote generation, managing your pipeline and delivering the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of the needs of your clients in order to deliver solutions and align with their own business objectives and demands.
Core duties for this varied and challenging Quotation Specialist role will include (but not be limited to):
Creating technical quotations for complex precision machined parts.
Reviewing incoming business opportunities and outgoing quotation cases to ensure accurate and profitable solutions align with business KPI's
Assisting with development of the business strategy for market opportunities
Liaise with all other departments to ensure requirements can be met - or negotiate alternatives with the customer as required
Customer liaison at all levels including site visits and trade fair attendance
Converting opportunities into successful purchase orders and providing a comprehensive introduction of new contracts to colleagues to ensure all contractual / specification / quality aspects are captured and implemented
Reporting to the senior management on Business Development activity, quotations and win rate and undertaking CRM Management
Knowledge and experience to make Bid/no Bid decisionsIt is envisaged that the successful Quotation Specialist will realistically be qualified to at least HNC level or above in a relevant Production Engineering, Sales and Marketing or Project Management discipline and essentially demonstrate extensive knowledge of modern CNC manufacturing methods for producing high precision parts from 3mm to 3m in size, and expertise in materials, processes, treatments, and quality requirements associated with high-compliance industry sectors. You will possess excellent negotiating skills at all levels and demonstrable commercial acumen in the creation of precision engineering technical quotations along with a proven successful track record of winning new business in compliance-led technical and engineering industries and in a senior role bidding for high-compliance work packages, with knowledge of CNC machining and quotations / contracts activity proving distinctly advantageous.
Contact the Sales Team at Premier Technical Recruitment on (phone number removed) or email your cv in confidence to for further details
Salary description
£50000.00 - £55000.00 per year