Sales Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; West Midlands; Remote; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commission/Bonus to earn circa £10,000

Car Allowance or Company Car

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is assisting a packaging machinery manufacturer to hire a Sales Engineer/Technical Sales Engineer. The role is home-based in the Midlands, covering the UK with travel to customer sites.

Training is provided with 3–6 months shadowing an experienced Sales Manager as you build a full sales pipeline. There is a base salary around £45,000 plus Commission & Bonus (~£10,000) and an option of Car Allowance or Company Car.

Qualifications

• Experience selling capital equipment or technical solutions into the food industry.
• Willingness to relocate or work remotely within the UK.
• 3–6 months shadowing a Sales Manager as part of onboarding.

Responsibilities

• Sell packaging machinery to food industry customers across the UK.
• Use CRM to generate qualified leads and manage the sales pipeline.
• Work from home base with UK travel; no set targets in year one; aim for £1m turnover by year three.

Skills

Sales experience

Engineering background

Food industry knowledge

Education

Engineering qualifications

Tools

CRM software

Job description

A rare chance for an experienced internal sales person or commercially minded Field Service Engineer to move into a field sales role where you will be given full product training and will spend 3 to 6 months shadowing an experienced Sales Manager. You will be working for a manufacturer of packaging machinery sold to the food industry.

BASIC SALARY

circa £45,000

BENEFITS

• Commission & Bonus to earn circa £10,000
• Car Allowance or Company Car

LOCATION

Home based and living in the Midlands you will cover the whole UK

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS

• Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby, Leeds, Birmingham, Leicester, Lincoln

JOB DESCRIPTION

Sales Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer - packaging machinery, food

You will be given full product training in the UK and in Europe and will spend the first 3 to 6 months shadowing an experienced Sales Manager.

You will be home based and will spend anytime not out with your mentor, at home canvassing existing and clients using the companies CRM to create qualified leads for sales of machinery.

There will be no set target in your first year but selling two machines would be a good sign that things are progressing well. Target in third year will be to produce T/O of £1 million which is very realistic.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Sales Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer - packaging machinery, food

You will be an experienced internal or field sales person ideally having sold capital equipment or a technical solution into the food industry.

The company will consider a good industrial salesperson with an engineering background or an experienced commercially minded Field Service Engineer with packaging machinery & food industry experience looking to move into a field sales role.

Any relevant engineering qualifications would be advantageous but are not essential,

THE COMPANY

A well established and successful European manufacturer of packaging machinery with a growing UK sales & service office looking to strengthen their UK sales team by taking on and training someone with potential. A good client of mine that I have worked with for a few years and a genuinely nice place to work.

REF

MPH18670, Wallace Hind Selection