Technical Sales Engineer

Anderson Recruitment Ltd; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Air-conditioned offices

Support towards future qualifications

Career progression

Job summary

Anderson Recruitment Ltd in Gloucester is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer to act as the initial technical resource for the sales desk. You will identify and provide reliable solutions for technical enquiries and project issues to ensure customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process.

Reporting as a bridge between customers and supply partners, you will prepare accurate quotations and maintain product knowledge while communicating with customers and internal teams during bids,

Qualifications

• Technical background or engineering qualifications/experience.
• Willingness to succeed in sales.
• Ability to communicate with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Production of quotations for customers in a clear, detailed, and accurate manner.
• Providing and assisting colleagues on technical and engineering issues.
• Negotiating and achieving deadlines for the submission of quotations.
• Maintain expert level of product knowledge and applications.
• Building relationships with customers and potential customers to understand their requirements.
• Helping with bids for new contracts/projects by interpreting customer performance requirements, gathering proposals, specifications and related documents and liaise with stakeholders to convert.
• Maintain accurate records of quotes, projects, contacts and correspondence in company Microsoft Dynamics CRM software.
• Communicating with customers to gain feedback on quotations

Skills

Technical background

Engineering qualification

Sales experience

CRM familiarity

Education

Engineering degree or aligned science

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Job description

Permanent opportunity to join our well established and successful client within the engineering/manufacturing industry based in Gloucester. The company have ambitious future plans for growth and can offer a nice working environment, air-conditioned offices as well as support towards future qualifications and career progression.

The Technical Sales Engineer is the initial technical resource for the sales desk; they are responsible for identifying and providing reliable solutions for all technical enquiries and project/application issues to ensure complete customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process.

Operating as a bridge between customers and the supply partners engineering teams, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of company products. The focus of the role is the preparation of accurate product/project quotations whilst communicating effectively with customers and internal departments.

Responsibilities

• Production of quotations for customers in a clear, detailed, and accurate manner.
• Providing and assisting colleagues on technical and engineering issues.
• Negotiating and achieving deadlines for the submission of quotations.
• Maintain expert level of product knowledge and applications.
• Building relationships with customers and potential customers to understand their requirements.
• Helping with bids for new contracts/projects by interpreting customer performance requirements, gathering proposals, specifications and related documents and liaise with stakeholders to convert.
• Maintain accurate records of quotes, projects, contacts and correspondence in company Microsoft Dynamics CRM software.
• Communicating (follow ups) with customers to gain feedback on quotations

To apply for this role, you will need some relevant transferable skills whether this be a technical background or an engineering (or aligned scientific) qualifications/experience or previous sales experience with the desire to succeed.

Hours - Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm – 4pm finish on a Friday + Excellent benefits!

Salary - £28k basic + realistic OTE of £35-40k open ended + 25 days holiday + bank Holidays