Job Title: Field Sales Engineer / Account Manager
Location: Southampton – This is a UK field sales role, home-based with no restrictions on location.
Salary: £40,000 – £65,000 OTE. Uncapped commission scheme (DOE) + mileage allowance / company car.
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing date:
Headquartered close to Southampton, we are a young, fast-growing company distributing and supporting a complementary range of high-tech electronic test and measurement solutions to UK researchers and engineers. We have established an excellent reputation in our field, together with a strong and loyal customer base and this, together with an exciting range of new products will act as a springboard for growth over the coming period.
Our product range addresses the needs of engineers and scientists operating in renewable energy applications from the materials science research up to high power systems.
The company philosophy, and growth, is based upon providing excellent Support (capital S) to our customer base. We believe that if even one user is unhappy with us, that is a failure and needs to be corrected urgently. The successful candidate will have similar views and, with the rest of our team, be determined to deliver this level of support to his or her customers.
The business has just completed its 14th anniversary and during that period, we have achieved sustained growth and success in our target markets. We are now seeking to expand the team to build on that success.
The Role:
In this role you will be responsible for the sales of their exciting new ac source product line. The products have direct application in the development of, and research into ac motor controller design. Target markets include Aerospace & Defence, domestic and industrial electrical product testing, global power simulation and compliance testing including to CE / UKCA and Aerospace standards.
The Candidate:
Ideally, you will have experience of selling similar products, however you may be an enthusiastic, fast learner with a suitable technical background knowledge. Your knowledge may result from education (such as electronics / electrical engineering) or through experience of using similar products. Training will be provided on the specific product line and, if required, on sales skills.
A good understanding of electronic test and measurement instrumentation and measurement techniques as applied to electrical systems is essential. The candidate will require sufficient technical and scientific knowledge to explain, demonstrate and sell our products to new prospects and assist users. A background in business-to-business field sales of technical / scientific products will be an advantage as will experience of sales to the Aerospace/Defence market or electrical product compliance applications.
The successful candidate will have excellent people skills, be and able to build trust and confidence in our customers.
The candidate will be a highly motivated, self-starter with drive and the desire to be successful and achieve sales goals.
Excellent English communication skills are essential.
Please note: The successful candidate should ideally possess a full UK driving licence, a valid passport and must be eligible to work in the UK.
To Apply: Please include your CV together with a letter outlining clearly and succinctly why you feel you are well suited to this role. (Applications without a suitably considered covering letter will unfortunately not be taken further as we shall use these to gauge suitability for the role.)
Candidates with experience of: Sales Engineer, Technical Sales Executive, Technical Sales Agent, Business Development Manager, Sales Executive, Sales, Direct Sales, Field Sales, Business Developer, Sales Development, Business Development Lead, Senior Sales Executive, New Client Sales, B2B, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Account Manager, Account Management may also be considered for the role.
