External Sales Engineer – (CNC / EDM)

Jonathan Lee Recruitment; Winding Wood; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy is seeking an External Sales Engineer to manage and grow customer relationships in the South of the UK. This hybrid role offers comprehensive training and the opportunity to work closely with a sales team in the EDM and CNC sectors. Ideal candidates will be confident, results-oriented, and have relevant sales experience, preferably with knowledge of EDM or CNC machining.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated, tenacious, confident and results-oriented.
• Full, clean UK driving licence required.
• Ability to work independently and manage customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage existing customers and territory.
• Follow up on quotations and maintain visit logs.
• Develop new customer relationships and explore new markets.

Skills

Customer management

Technical support

Relationship building

Market development

Sales experience in EDM/CNC

Job description

External Sales Engineer - CNC/EDM

Following continued growth of our Client in the UK and internationally for the supply of EDM components and tooling, we are looking to recruit an additional External Sales Engineer to help take our business to the next level.

We are therefore looking for a confident, hardworking sales professional ideally with experience in EDM / Graphite; however a background in CNC manufacturing & consumable sales will be viewed favourably. Representing the full product range from fully manufactured graphite parts to EDM consumables, this will be a role with scope and opportunity for growth.

The successful applicant will undergo comprehensive training to fully familiarise themselves with the processes within the company from both an administrative viewpoint and a manufacturing one. During this time, the successful applicant will also shadow the existing external team to customers within the various industries that Erodex service.

With responsibility for a geographic area within the South of the UK, this will be a role suited to someone ideally based within the area. The candidate will be required to manage workloads and customer demands.

Responsibilities

• Management of customers
• Following up quotations
• Maintaining visit logs
• Territory management
• Provide technical support to internal sales when required
• Submit regular reports to Sales Manager
• Maintain contact with customers
• Develop relationships with customers
• Find new customers in existing industries
• Continually look for new markets

The successful applicant will

• Be self-motivated, tenacious, confident and results orientated
• Have a full, clean UK driving licence
• Be able to work on own initiative
• Be comfortable meeting new people
• Be comfortable dealing with objections
• Preferably have a background in or some knowledge of EDM or Graphite / CNC machining

This is a hybrid working role with a close working connectivity with the existing sales team and organisation.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.

In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.