Internal Technical Sales Engineer

Internal Technical Sales Engineer

This is a hybrid working role – candidates must be able to commute to Poole and hold a full UK driving licence

As an Internal Sales Engineer, you will have significant Mechanical or Electro-Mechanical Engineering background with extensive knowledge of assembly and manufacturing processes and estimating skills and able demonstrate a high level of commercial awareness and customer focus to generate quotations and proposals.

You will provide technical support to both internal and external customers and consult directly with customers, evaluate enquiries, and provide a suitable technical and commercial solution. A good understanding of sales techniques and negotiating is essential along with costing and pricing knowledge and experience engineering products.

Basic salary c£44,000 plus 33 days holidays, excellent benefits

Candidate

• Excellent organisational and inter-personal skills and highly confident
• Able to attend client visits, driving licence is essential
• Experience and understanding of sales techniques and negotiating is essential along with good commercial awareness
• Costing and pricing knowledge and experience in engineering products
• Must have excellent Microsoft Office skills and CRM skills
• Highly motivated with excellent communication skills, written and spoken
• Ability to form strong relationships with customers and stakeholders

Duties  

• You will consult directly with customers to evaluate technical enquiries and provide the most suitable technical and commercial solution displaying excellent communication skills.
• Follow up high value quotations and convert into orders, maintaining details on the customer relationship management system.
• Prepare quotations and negotiation, costing and margin analysis
• Convert customer technical enquires and transpose them to valve solutions fit for purpose.
• Liaise and support the customer service team to process enquiries, quotations, customer purchase orders
• Ensure compliance with the correct and relevant export control legislation
• Visit, liaise and support customers and external sales personnel to ensure that customer expectations are understood, and requirements are met
• Using Excel, you will calculate product costs using a combination of estimates and verified manufacturing costs.
• Assist product marketing in highlighting/identifying potential new product opportunities.
• Develop and work with a wide-ranging external network to enhance professional and technical knowledge.
• Attend sales exhibitions as required which may involve international travel