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Technical Sales Engineer

Coventry
7 months ago
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£40,000 - £45,000
Pension Contribution
Company Car
25 Days + Bank Holidays
Remote or Agile Working
Full Product Training in both UK an at the head offices in Switzerland for 2 weeks
Location: Coventry

Type: Engineering, Robotics, Sales, Automation

Coverage: U.K

Reference: BP 184

ATA Recruitment are working closely with a Global leading manufacturer of high-precision machine components and state of the art automation solutions for largely the Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Renewable Energy, and Aerospace sectors.

With a turnover of £260 million and 1100 employees over 30 locations worldwide including the U.K, Switzerland, USA, Korea, India, and China our client is on the forefront of design and innovation, they are currently looking to add a Technical Sales Engineer to their successful UK team based in Coventry to cover the UK providing technical expertise to new and existing customers. Typical order value ranges from £30,000 to over £1 million across new business development and account management.

This will be a perfect role for an energetic and dynamic Technical Sales Engineer looking for a new opportunity selling technical solutions in a rapidly growing market.

The Role:

As Technical Sales Engineer you will cover sales over the U.K reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will be appointed to handle existing customer enquiries and to grow new business accounts.

The Technical Sales Engineer’s key responsibilities will be to:

Provide bespoke technical solutions from the company’s product portfolio.
Identify new clients across multiple sectors and industries.
Provide clients with functional packages and turnkey automated solutions.
Manage accounts of existing clients, following up on any incoming enquiries.
Have an in-depth knowledge of the product range.
Set up client meetings, visit their offices and sites and follow up on quotes provided.
Handover completed technical specifications to the production teams.
The Candidate:

To be successful in your application for the Technical Sales Engineer role, you will need:

A proven track record in generating new business as well as handling existing clients.
A proven track record in Technical Sales.
An engineering qualification.
Experience of selling to or working with OEMs, machine builders, systems integrators (desirable)
The Benefits:

For the Technical Sales Engineer role, you will receive:

£40,000 - £45,000
Pension Contribution
Company Car
25 Days + Bank Holidays
Remote or Agile Working
Full Product Training in both UK an at the head offices in Switzerland for 2 weeks

As ATA Recruitment are working closely with this client, we will be conducting a short list starting today, we will conduct the 1st interview over the phone and the successful candidates will then be forwarded to our client with our recommendation.

If you wish to be considered for this opportunity then please respond with your intention as we are looking to fill this role in the coming few weeks, you will then be contacting by one of our Recruitment Consultant who will be able to provide more details. 

Contact:

Bhav Patel

Recruitment Consultant

(phone number removed)

(url removed)

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and general Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis – for more opportunities like this one, visit our website.   

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