Electrical Sales Engineer

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd; Stockport; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car

Pension

Buy/Sell holidays

Job summary

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Sales Engineer for Industrial Electrical Control & Automation. The role covers the South of Manchester and North Derbyshire, with responsibility for promoting PLCs, switchgear, drives, sensors, HMIs and process instrumentation to OEMs, end users, system integrators and panels.

You will combine technical credibility with commercial drive, maintain an existing account base and develop new business while meeting defined targets.

Qualifications

• Experience in selling Industrial Automation products (PLC, switchgear, drives, sensors, HMIs).
• Track record of meeting sales targets and developing new accounts.
• Formal electrical/electronic qualification is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Sell a range of Industrial Automation products to OEMs, End Users, System Integrators and Panel Builders across the South of Manchester and North Derbyshire.
• Develop and manage own portfolio of accounts while identifying new business opportunities.
• Work to defined sales targets and create a personal plan to achieve objectives.

Skills

Technical sales

Industrial automation

Account management

Customer development

MS Office

Education

Electrical/Electronic ONC/HND

Tools

CRM software

Microsoft Office

Job description

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 / Sales Development Engineer, 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 Sales Engineer 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 area South of Manchester and North Derbyshire area, including Glossop, Buxton, Stockport, Macclesfield, Altrincham Warrington, Liverpool.

This role suits someone who combines technical credibility with commercial drive, and who enjoys being out in front of customers solving real engineering challenges. As the successful candidate, 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 organisational 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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