Area Sales Engineer

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd; North Tyneside; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car

Pension

Buy/Sell holidays

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd is assisting a leading industrial automation client in recruiting an Area Sales Engineer to cover the North Tyne region, including North Shields, Whitley Bay, and surrounding areas. The role requires proven sales success in electrical/control and automation sectors and the ability to develop new business.

You will promote PLCs, switchgear, drives, sensors, HMIs, and process instrumentation to OEMs, end users, and system integrators.

Qualifications

• Experience in selling high quality industrial automation products to OEMs, End Users, system integrators and panel builders.
• Track record of achieving defined sales targets and growing a portfolio of accounts.
• Ability to develop personal account plans and identify new business opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Sell a range of Industrial Automation products (PLC, Control Gear, Switchgear, VSDs, Sensors, HMI, instrumentation) to target markets across the North Tyne region.
• Build and manage an existing portfolio of accounts while seeking new business.
• Develop and execute plans to meet and exceed sales targets in a B2B environment.

Skills

Industrial Automation

Sales & Business Development

Account Management

Negotiation

Education

ONC/HND in Electrical/Electronic

Job description

Area Sales Engineer Industrial Electrical Control & Automation Excellent Negotiable Salary dependent upon experience, plus excellent benefits of Car, Pension, Buy/Sell holidays, and more.

On behalf of our Client we have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Area Sales Engineer/Area Sales Manager with a proven track record as a business developer and excellent salesman in the Electrical Control and Automation industry to join the team of this first class business.

The successful candidate will be selling a range of high quality Industrial Automation products, i.e. PLC, Control Gear, Switchgear & Circuit Protection, Variable Speed Drives, Sensors, HMI and Process Instrumentation into the OEM, End User, System Integrator and Panel Builder markets throughout the North of the Tyne area, including, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Wallsend, Longbenton, Jesmond, Cramlington, Blyth etc, which would all be suitable base locations.

As an already successful Sales Engineer, Area Sales Manager, Technical Salesperson, you will have sales and technical experience in the Industrial Automation industry coupled with a record of sales success and achievement. A formal qualification in an Electrical/Electronic discipline to ONC/HND or above is desirable but not essential, you should be able to demonstrate your knowledge and sales ability otherwise. Ideally you will also have benefited from further career development training to enhance your sales skills.

As is usual you will be working to achieve defined sales targets and capable of developing a personal plan in order to achieve your objectives through managing and further developing an existing portfolio of accounts whilst constantly striving to identify new avenues of business. Excellent attributes such as good organisation and communication skills, along with the ability to be an effective team player whilst enjoying a level of autonomy are essential, as are capability with Microsoft packages.

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We work across a range of business to business/B2B market sectors including Renewable Energy, Electrical, Control & Automation, Electronic, Renewable Energy, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Fluid Power, Instrumentation, Engineering services companies, Industrial Consumables, Industrial Components, Capital Equipment, Material Handling, Scientific Equipment, Petrochemical and Utilities.

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd are currently working on a wide range of business to business/B2B sales positions, account management, business development and sales management roles including:

• Sales Manager
• UK Sales Manager
• National Sales Manager
• Country Manager
• Regional Sales Manager
• Area Sales Manager
• Sales Executive
• Senior Sales Executive
• National Account Manager
• Business Development Manager
• Key Account Manager
• Account Executive
• National Account Executive
• Sales Specialist
• Global Account Manager
• Sales Representative
• Territory Sales
• Field Sales
• Client Relationship Manager
• Sales Engineer
• Sales Consultant
• Technical Sales
• Senior Sales Engineer
• Export Sales
• International Sales
• European Sales
• Branch Manager
• Sales Director
• Trainee Sales
• Graduate Sales
• Telesales
• Internal Sales
• Office Sales