Technical Sales Advisor

Hunter Selection; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy is seeking a Technical Sales Advisor based in Stevenage to drive sales and provide technical assistance. This office-based role includes managing customer enquiries, generating new opportunities, and understanding customer technical requirements to recommend suitable sensor solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical understanding of sensors, experience in a customer-facing role, and a full UK driving licence. The role offers a salary range of £30,000 - £55,000 with various benefits, including 25 days holiday and yearly salary appraisals.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Extra day's holiday for Christmas shutdown

Yearly salary appraisals

Travel expenses covered

Qualifications

• Strong technical understanding of sensors and their applications.
• Experience in a commercial or customer-facing role.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Ideally familiar with using a CRM system.

Responsibilities

• Support Field Sales Engineers by managing customer enquiries.
• Generate new sales opportunities through proactive outreach.
• Understand customer technical requirements and recommend solutions.
• Prepare and issue quotations using the internal CRM system.
• Assist with exhibitions and industry events.

Skills

Technical understanding of sensors

Experience in a customer-facing role

Full UK driving licence

Familiar with CRM systems

Job description

Technical Sales Advisor

Stevenage (office‑based)

OTE £30,000 - £55,000

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Extra day's holiday gifted for the Christmas shutdown
• Yearly salary appraisals
• Any travel expenses covered in full

Our client produces and supplies sensors to a variety of industries. They are looking for a Technical Sales Advisor to drive sales and provide technical assistance to customers. This is an office‑based role apart from occasional travel for exhibitions / events.

Roles / Responsibilities

• Support Field Sales Engineers across the UK by managing customer enquiries, coordinating activity, and helping drive new business.
• Generate new opportunities through proactive outreach, lead follow‑up, and targeted account research to identify key decision‑makers.
• Understand customer technical requirements and recommend suitable sensor solutions from a portfolio of over 2,500 products.
• Work closely with an in‑house technical specialist to provide accurate, informed responses to engineering queries.
• Prepare and issue quotations using the internal CRM pricing system, with opportunities to upsell and maximise value.
• Assist with exhibitions, trade shows, and industry events, with only occasional overnight travel required.
• Ensure all activity aligns with ISO 9001 procedures while collaborating with UK and international colleagues to support a multi‑million‑pound sales operation.

About You

• Strong technical understanding of sensors and their applications
• Experience in a commercial or customer‑facing role (a technically skilled candidate with some commercial exposure will also be considered)
• Full UK driving licence
• Ideally familiar with using a CRM system

To apply, please click ‘apply’ or email your CV / resume to [url removed].

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.