Sales Engineer

Position: Sales Engineer Location: South East Salary: £30K - £40K (depending on experience and track record) + Commission on GP sales (paid monthly) The Company: Our client is a valve and instrumentation supply company, offering a wide range of products for both standard and specialist industrial applications. The Role: * Promote the company with customers in person and online UK wide * Work to promote the company as a control valve supplier and increase enquiries significantly over the first year * Introduce the company’s range of represented and manufactured products to customers * Apply knowledge of flow equipment range to develop appropriate solutions * Find opportunities for bespoke designs to meet customers’ requirements * Generate quotes and proposals to assist the quotes department * Maintain contact with customers after proposals have been made in order to ensure that the contract is won * Analyse market data and come up with sales strategies within the UK and abroad * Develop marketing campaigns * Act as an influential and integral part of the team, proposing changes to improve customer approaches and internal systems * Provide input for consideration in pricing decisions, technical information and customer characteristics for sales strategies Requirements: * Technical Sales and Sales Engineering skills (preferably in pressure, temperature, level instruments and valves) * Formal Engineering qualification (Electrical, Mechanical, or Production) * Knowledge of industrial applications and market sectors * Ability to understand and explain technical concepts * Self-motivated and goal-oriented * Ability to work within a close-knit team * Produce measurable results in sales * UK Driving licence * Experience with selling into varied markets/industries * Good inter-personal skills and results-oriented * Experience in providing technical support * Margin conscious sales approach * Dependable with customers * Share information with other sales colleagues internally, a good team player * Proficiency in PC, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel & Word essential * Some understanding of Business CRM systems * Suitable combination of technical qualifications, sales training and industry experience