Pneumatics Sales Engineer

  • Job Reference: RE0816SE
  • Date Posted: 8 September 2023
  • Recruiter: Rise Executive Search
  • Location: East Midlands
  • Salary: £28,000 to £38,000
  • Bonus/Benefits: Plus Bonus, Car, Pension & other benefits
  • Sector: Sales & Marketing
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time
  • Contact: Paul Brewin
  • Email: p.brewin@rise-exec.com
  • Telephone: 01623 640544

Job Description

Pneumatics Sales Engineer, Neg Basic, Bonus, Car, Phone, Pension plus additional benefits etc

An exciting opportunity is available for a Technical Sales Engineer with pneumatics experience to join a dynamic sales team. This will be a hybrid role working partly based internally and partly visiting customers for sales and applications support visits, both as required. This role could be a perfect opportunity for a Technical Support or Internal Sales Engineer to make that progression into a Field Sales role.

Reporting to the UK Process Division Commercial Manager, your key responsibilities will be:

  • Contributing to sales growth of the product range.
  • Working to Account Development plan for key accounts.
  • To support customer enquiries technically and commercially.
  • Identify, qualify, and register new business users.
  • Maintain accurate and relevant records.
  • Research for new OEM accounts.
  • Selling value concepts.
  • Building one-to-one relationships with target accounts.
  • Understand and develop knowledge of the company, company values and products.
  • Liaise with Sales Manager and other team members to maximise business opportunities.
  • Learn the features, the benefits, options, and applications for all catalogued products.
  • Promote all new products to all customers by sales presentations.
  • Attend sales meetings, team meetings, training sessions and exhibitions as required.
  • Undertake any special projects or tasks that may be required.

The Person

The role requires a highly motivated and technically qualified or experienced sales engineer with knowledge of pneumatic components and ideally industrial electrical and automation components. You will be able to demonstrate a strong and successful technical sales background, have ideally worked in pneumatics or engineering and have a solid knowledge of the industry.

The key skills required for this role are:

  • Good organisational planning, and analytical skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
  • Knowledge of pneumatic equipment including cylinders, valves, air treatment and handling equipment.
  • Ability to research for new OEM business within the pneumatics and automation industry
  • Able to make own planned appointments and make introductions and presentations face-to-face with customers.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Self-motivated with the ability to solve problems and make decisions.
  • Sound sense of responsibility, attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
  • IT skills - SAP, CRM, Microsoft Word, XP, Excel, Explorer, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a growing and established equipment solutions provider. Good training, career prospects and benefits package including a bonus/commission scheme, a company car as required for the role, 25 days holiday, Contributory Pension.