Sales Engineer

Sales Engineer

office based - Cross Hills - applicants must live within a commutable distance

Competitive Salary

An independent family run , well-respected manufacturer and supplier of nickel aluminium bronze and high alloy steel valves for seawater systems, since 1953 is recruiting a Sales Engineer to join their existing team.

Key Responsibilities of the role are:

?? Managing and take responsibility for customer telephone and e-mail enquiries

?? Preparation of quotes in their entirety, for diverse international customer base including end users, agents, distributors and contractors

?? Conduct order contract reviews to ensure that all technical and commercial aspects of a purchase order are agreed, understood and acceptable by the management team and are in-line with the quotation issued and are clearly defined to enable manufacturing to commence

?? Develop effective customer relationships to the level of KA (key account) status, utilising a consultative selling approach

?? Identify selling opportunities and solicit enquires from interested parties

?? Work closely with the Project Administration team from first bid stage onwards

?? Review customer general terms and conditions and highlight clauses which need management approval/discussion

?? Have an understanding of Export Compliance and exercise due diligence at all stages of the enquiry/bid/ship process. Raise any concerns with the Compliance Manager

?? Travel overseas to visit customers and trade exhibitions etc.

?? Seek continuous improvement initiatives, and development of Best Practices within the sales team

?? Input general data and update the computer system

?? Follow filing protocol in the Sales environment, scan quotes and file work to aid easy retrieval for yourself and others

Our ideal candidate with possess the following Competencies / Personal Attributes:

?? Qualification in Mechanical Engineering or a minimum of five years' experience within the valve industry or valves, pumps and/or associated systems

?? Strong negotiation and relationship building skills

?? Excellent communication skills across different levels and disciplines within an organisation

?? A clear and confident decision maker with a commercially focused approach

?? Computer literate in Microsoft packages with a working knowledge of MRP systems

?? Efacs knowledge advantageous but not essential

The successful candidate will need as part of the process to: (i) satisfy basic eligibility criteria/certain conditions of employment (e.g. nationality rules/right to work); (ii) provide appropriate documentation to verify ID, nationality, employment and/or academic history, criminal record (unspent convictions only); and undergo UK Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks...... click apply for full job details