Sales Engineer Robotics Automation

White Recruitment Construction; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in construction seeks a Sales Engineer to work at the forefront of automation solutions in Birmingham. The ideal candidate will be degree-qualified, confident, and have a passion for technology and sales. This role involves working closely with customers in the automotive and medical sectors, and offers a salary of £30K – £50K DoE with a car allowance. Full training and support will be provided.

Benefits

Car allowance of £4,800

25 days holiday

Lunchtime finish on Fridays

Qualifications

• Previous technical sales experience is beneficial.
• Experience selling into the automotive, medical, or food manufacturing industry is beneficial.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Prepare customer proposals and negotiate pricing.
• Identify business opportunities and drive them through various channels.
• Work with major OEMs and their supply chains.

Skills

Confident and proactive

Technical competence

Communication skills

Education

HNC or graduate degree in engineering, electrical, mechanical, automation, business or mechatronics

Job description

Sales Engineer – Automation & Robotics

This innovative company works at the tech end of the manufacturing industry as leaders in the design and production of advanced automation solutions, working with market-leading customers across sectors such as automotive, medical & food production. They included automated systems, robots, and drones.

You must already live near Birmingham to be considered for this role and without requiring sponsorship in the future.

• Salary £30K – £50K DoE
• Car allowance £4,800

This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident, commercially minded engineer keen to work at the cutting edge of the automation revolution in a company where the Head of Sales started as an apprentice.

The vacancy would suit a degree-qualified engineer or tech-savvy Business graduate with a passion for sales and technology and the gravitas to present technical solutions to global manufacturing OEMs.

The Role

• Working closely with Head of Sales for the preparation of customer proposals, negotiation of pricing
• Proactively identify business opportunities and drive opportunities through telephone, Teams, and in-person meetings/presentations
• Work with major OEMs and their supply chains within automotive, food production and medical product manufacturing sectors
• Identify and follow up leads for new business opportunities
• Effectively manage customer and supplier issues
• Provide input and support marketing initiatives and trade shows to actively promote the company

Whilst this isn’t a highly target-focused sales job, we do require someone confident to be proactive and work on their own initiative. Full product training and support will be provided.

Requirements

• HNC or graduate degree in engineering, electrical, mechanical, automation, business or mechatronics – essential
• Previous technical sales experience – internal sales, field sales engineer, technical sales, account manager – beneficial
• Confident, proactive, technically competent
• Full driving licence
• Experience selling into the automotive, medical or food manufacturing industry is beneficial

Package

• Salary £30K – £50K DoE
• Car allowance £4,800
• 25 days holiday
• Hours 38 per week. Lunchtime finish Fridays’

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