Technical Sales Engineer

Nicholas Associates; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicholas Associates is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. You will grow your customer base, increase sales, and drive orders from enquiry to delivery.

Key tasks include handling sales calls, responding to emails, building quotes, and nurturing relationships while collaborating with CAD Drawing, Production, and Accounts teams.

Qualifications

• You will need experience in technical sales or account management.
• Ability to read technical drawings is required.
• Good Maths and English skills are essential.
• Previous sales experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Answer incoming sales calls
• Monitor and respond to customer email enquiries
• Support and solve customer queries and challenges
• Build quotes and progress orders according to customer requirements
• Maintain high level of service and reliability across all customer contact
• Grow current customer relationships and seek new business opportunities

Skills

Sales experience

Customer service

CAD reading

MS Office

Interpersonal skills

Education

Tools

CAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position: Technical Sales Engineer

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Salary: £35-37K DOE

Nicholas Associates have an excellent opportunity for a Technical Sales Engineer, to join an established & growing client in the Sheffield area.

You will be responsible for and tasked with growing your customer account base and increasing sales within it, as well as having a proactive approach to generating new business customers.

You will build & nurture relationships with customers, ensuring high expectations are met, and will be responsible for taking a lead or enquiry through from point of sale to delivery.

You will:

• Answer incoming sales calls
• Monitor and respond to customer email enquiries
• Support and problem solve customer queries/challenges at every opportunity
• Build quotes and progress orders dependent on customer requirements
• Maintain a high level of service and reliability throughout all customer contact
• Maintain and grow current customer relationships
• Proactively seek out new business opportunities and convert into orders

The ability to work well in a team is essential, but you must also be confident working from your own initiative to handle enquiries and manage your customer base effectively. This requires interpersonal and organisational skills with an attention to detail, interacting with both customers directly and all teams internally, such as CAD Drawing, Production and Accounts.

You will have good Maths and English skills, be computer literate with experience with the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word & Outlook etc).

CAD experience and the ability to read technical drawings is necessary and a reasonable knowledge of metal specifications would also be useful, and previous sales experience preferred.

About Us

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. In line with our Diversity and Inclusion policy, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As a Disability Confident Employer, and part of the Nicholas Associates Group, we are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, and we're happy to discuss flexible working options.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Nicholas Associates Group of companies