Technical Sales Engineer

WR Engineering; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supplier of capital equipment in the UK is seeking a proactive Technical Sales Engineer to join their team. This field-based role involves developing new business opportunities and selling machinery in the FMCG, food & beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. The ideal candidate will possess strong sales experience and a technical background, with the ability to travel as needed. Competitive compensation includes a base salary up to £60,000 and uncapped commission potential.

Benefits

Base Salary £50,000 - £60,000

Uncapped OTE £100,000+

Car, laptop, and phone allowance

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Previous sales experience in FMCG, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Packaging machinery industries is highly advantageous.
• A strong technical skill-set and a genuine interest in a sales career could compensate for lack of previous experience in a similar position.
• Able to travel within UK and overseas when required.

Responsibilities

• Implement sales strategies to sell products to new and existing customers.
• Conduct site visits to customers.
• Perform market analysis and prepare sales forecasts.
• Collaborate with the UK Sales Team on business plans.

Skills

Sales experience in FMCG

Technical knowledge of machinery

Customer-facing experience

Ability to conduct market analysis

Job description

Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager / Field Sales / Technical Sales

Due to continued growth, my client is recruiting a Technical Sales Engineer to join a leading supplier of capital equipment. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual with experience selling machinery such as shrinkwrappers, overwrappers, checkweighers or similar capital equipment into the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, FMCG, packaging or similar industries. This will be a challenging field-based new business development role, but offers great financial incentives.

Previous experience may have been in a field-based sales role, or may have come in a customer-facing engineering environment. Previous job titles may have included Sales Manager, Sales Engineer, Business Development Manager, Account Manager, Applications Engineer or similar.

Benefits Package

• Base Salary 50,000- 60,000
• Uncapped OTE 100,000+
• Car, laptop and phone allowance
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

The Role

• Implement sales strategies to sell new and existing products within the portfolio to new and existing customers.
• Visiting customer sites
• Continually conduct market analysis.
• Prepare monthly, Quarterly and yearly sales forecast.
• Working in conjunction with UK Sales Team, you will prepare a business plan for future growth.

Requirements

• Previous sales experience in FMCG, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Packaging machinery industry is highly advantageous
• A strong technical skill-set and a genuine interest in a sales career could compensate for lack of previous experience in a similar position
• Able to travel within UK and overseas when required

WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.