Sales engineer

Sales Engineer / Sales Manager - Southern UK Region Salary: GBP55K - GBP65K + company annual bonus + company car (BMW 330e estate) Products: Hydraulic valves and electronic control systems (hydraulic valve knowledge is an essential requirement.) This is a technical sales position offering innovative solutions to clients. If you have proportional valves and electronics knowledge and/or a fluid power qualification that would be advantageous but not essential). Market: Industrial, Marine, Offshore, Sub Sea, Oil Gas, Nuclear, Agricultural, Yellow Goods, Automotive, Construction etc. (there are a wide range of applications ndash; too many to list here). The company: Over 70 years experience manufacturing precision hydraulic valves. A very well-respected company that are well established in the UK and throughout the world. They have a fairly small team in the UK hellip; less than 40 people hellip; but they are very much a team. Everyone is pulling together and assisting each other. This isn rsquo;t like working in a massive organisation where you are in danger of being burnt out ndash; these people care. Head Office is based within easy reach of Leamington Spa, Coventry, Banbury, Daventry, Rugby, Towcester, Northampton etc Sales area: Covering Southern UK (covering the UK below Birmingham). Although the job is working from home, the successful candidate will travel to clients to establish relationships with existing and new clients. Company expenses are good. The role involves travelling throughout the area visiting maybe 3 -4 clients a day depending on the client. The company are looking for someone who wants to service and grow business in existing clients (approx. 75%) and look for new business (25%). Above all they want someone who has an excellent attitude to customers and colleagues, a team player hellip; someone who can build a relationship ndash; but with a tenacious attitude. They want someone organised, able to plan their week. They want someone who can grow within the role ndash; someone who wants a long term career with all the benefits of a growing company. This job isn rsquo;t just dropping of a sales brochure and hoping someone will place an order ndash; this is solution sales hellip; finding out what your clients problems are and helping them come up with a solution. You will be assisting with quotations, technical proposals and making presentations to clients. The area has some excellent established clients ndash; but there is a huge opportunity for growth. The company provide hydraulic solutions ndash; you will need to have a good knowledge of hydraulics. The control systems do have an element of electronics ndash; an appreciation of electronics would be very helpful. You will need to do the normal things involved with this type of position ndash; filling in paperwork, updating your CRM system, keeping a record of opportunities, following up leads etc etc hellip; but this is all part of the job. You will have excellent support from the internal sales and technical support team within the company. If you are interested in discussing this position, get in touch with me, Bill Bates Heathcote Recruitment Limited. Note: Sponsorship is not available for this position. If this job isn rsquo;t for you ndash; but you have over 3 years external technical sales experience selling to UK engineering companies, or you have Applications engineering experience and currently looking to move into a sale role, get in touch anyway ndash; maybe I can help you with something else. I also work with internal sales support engineers looking for an external technical sales position