Confident Technical Sales Engineer required for large established manufacturing company based in Stourport

This exciting opportunity is looking for a key member of the sales team to build close relationships with customers in dealing with sales enquiries, producing accurate and competitive quotes.

Working with a new and existing customer base with commercial and technical support.

Main duties of the role will include:

• Processing customer enquiries, which will involve:
• Initial customer contact via telephone, email and face to face
• Managing and understanding and interpreting customer requirements
• Producing layouts and costed solutions to satisfy these requirements using CAD programs. AutoCAD is essential.
• Production of quotations/tenders in a timely, clear, detailed and accurate manner.
• Follow up quotations in a timely manner to secure profitable orders
• Maintain expert level of product knowledge and applications.
• Provide pre-sales technical expertise and product education to new and existing customers
• Ensuring orders are processed quickly and that clear and accurate information allowing for design and manufacturing is passed to the relevant department
• Ensuring that customers are kept informed of order (contract) status and that any issues are resolved quickly
• Maintaining accurate up-to-date records of enquiries, quotations, orders and customer activity via Sage CRM
• Pursue new business opportunities
• Occasional site and customer visits
• Supporting the Contracts, Engineering and Production departments
• Building relationships with customers and potential customers to understand their requirements.

The right candidate would ideally

• Hold relevant technical sales experience
• Have experience working with Autocad including 2D and 3D drawings
• Experience working within a busy manufacturing environment
• Maintaining accurate up-to-date records of enquiries, quotations, orders and customer activity via SageCRM
• Confident to pursue new business opportunities
• Happy to attend occasional site and customer visits
• Excellent communication skills

Hours Monday to Thursday 7.30m to 4pm, Friday 7.30am to 1pm

Salary 39,000