External Sales Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Chester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Automation seeks an experienced Automation Sales Engineer to grow the North West region. The role involves developing business relationships, delivering profitable growth, and ensuring customer satisfaction through effective communication and technical expertise. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in electrical automation and excellent sales skills.

Qualifications

• Electrical Automation background is essential.
• Comfortable with proactive cold calling and client interactions.
• Works well under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Develop business relationships with local and strategic accounts.
• Deliver profitable growth within the defined territory.
• Provide timely reports on customer requirements and market trends.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Customer Centric Sales Approach

Technical Proficiency in Electrical and Automation Systems

Telephone Skills

IT Skills

Education

HNC/HND or above in Electrical or Control Engineering

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Primaire Consulting are partnered with an Automation specialist who are actively looking for an experienced Automation Sales Engineer to further grow the North West region for the business.

You will be working for a highly sought after company and networking on a well established patch where the challenge will be to maintain existing relationships and to identify new business opportunities where possible.

Job Description:

• Responsible for an existing sales area, developing business relationships with local and strategic targeted accounts.
• Responsible for delivering cash generative profitable growth within the defined territory
• Seek new opportunities to sell products and services to customers.
• Develop long-term relationships with senior management within customer accounts to ensure awareness of the capabilities of the business.
• Work with the accounts to understand and define short and long-term requirements.
• Improve customer satisfaction by finding solutions to their needs.
• Provide timely reports on customer requirements, booking status, competition and market trends.

Requirements:

• An electrical Automation background is essential
• You must be well organised and thorough, comfortable receiving and promptly actioning tasks set by the branch manager and happy being pro-active / cold calling
• A highly skilled, technical proficient individual, who is knowledgeable and professional in Electrical and Automation Systems
• Have excellent telephone skills and have an easy-going professional manner in both calls and face to face interactions
• Able to follow, plan and execute both branch and nationwide sales strategies
• Be comfortable calling; none buying, turn down, and new customers and arranging initial meetings.
• Ideally have an HNC/HND or above in electrical or control engineering
• Possess a customer centric Sales approach
• Works well under pressure
• Good IT skills, excellent with excel, outlook, word, and power point

Not all job details are advertised due to client confidentiality. For further information on the specified vacancy, please contact Ben Russell on 0161 6676021 / [e-mail]

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Created on 23/05/2025 by JR United Kingdom