Area Sales Engineer

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd; Bilston; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd is sourcing an Area Sales Engineer for an industrial electrical connection systems portfolio. You will manage the Western/M6 corridor territory in England, driving End User sales with a strong technical sales background and experience in the electrical sector.

The role is home/field based and requires field-based activity across multiple counties with account development alongside distributors.

Qualifications

• Technical qualification in Electrical/Electronic Engineering is highly desirable.
• Experience selling electrical products to consultants, contractors and end users.
• Experience with specification or preferred supplier status.

Responsibilities

• Sell the Company’s full portfolio of industrial electrical connection solutions, control stations and ATEX products to End Users, OEMs, System Integrators, Panel Builders, distributors and resellers across the Western/M6 corridor region of England.
• Develop and maintain relationships with distribution partners and build new business in the territory.
• Identify suitable projects and target industry sectors, aiming for specification or preferred supplier status.
• Manage the sales territory from Cheshire to Swindon and into Wales, supporting end users and consultants through the order cycle.

Skills

End User sales

Electrical industry experience

Technical sales

Territory management

Education

Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree

Job description

Area Sales Engineer Industrial Electrical Connection Systems. Neg Basic DOE c. £50K - £60K plus bonus, Company Car, Health Insurance, and additional benefits pension 25 days Annual Leave plus Statutory Holidays.

Our Client, a leading global manufacturer of high quality connection solutions for the industrial electrical sector, has a requirement for an Area Sales Engineer with End User sales experience in the electrical industrial market place to manage the sales territory across the Western/M6 corridor Region of England. This is an independent company, having Global presence, full in house design, manufacture and materials control, a market leading product and a customer focused approach to providing a solution. You will be building upon existing accounts alongside all new business development, and maintaining and further developing the relationships with distribution partners in your territory, selling the Company's full portfolio of high quality industrial electrical connection solutions, control stations and ATEX products to the Industrial sector across a wide range of applications, via End Users, OEM's, System Integrators, Panel Builders, distributors, and wholesale resellers across all industry sectors.

As the successful candidate, you are most likely to be currently working within the Electrical Industrial sector as an Area Sales Engineer, Field Sales, Area Sales Manager, Sales Representative or Business Development Manager, you will have a strong and successful technical sales background selling electrical products and components, probably for a niche manufacturer, and identifying suitable projects and industry sector targets, achieving specification or preferred supplier status, dealing with consultants, major contractors and following through to order stage. The territory may be described as M6 corridor and extends from Cheshire down to Swindon on the West side of England and includes Wales. Ideal locations for candidates would be Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham Telford, Coventry, suitable candidates on other locations will be considered.

You will be Home based/Field based and note that post codes used herein are for advertising purposes only.

Technical qualification is highly desirable in an Electrical/Electronic Engineering discipline, or a candidate experienced in the Electrical sector and able to illustrate experience and technical ability of the controls industry and components, along with End User and specification sales experience, commercial flair and experience in the sector as described above.

Post codes used are for advertising purposes and do not reflect the location of the employer office.

We work across a range of business to business/B2B market sectors including Electrical, Control & Automation, Pneumatic, Hydraulic, Fluid Power, Instrumentation, Engineering services companies, Industrial Consumables, Industrial Components, Capital Equipment, Electronics, material handling, scientific equipment, petrochemical and process industries/utilities.