Technical Sales Engineer

Forde Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Technical Sales Engineer to join our clients team in Sheffield. The main role is to grow sales through direct interaction with existing customers and equally seeking out new business opportunities. The successful candidate will be responsible for their own account base and customers, building b relationships within them, and ensuring every order placed is to the highest standard. Job title: Technical Sales Engineer Department: Sales Office Reporting to: Sales Manager Hours of work: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm Salary: £25k to £35k+ (dependant on experience, open to negotiation) Responsibilities * Answer incoming sales calls * Monitor and respond to customer email enquiries * Support and problem solve customer queries/challenges at every opportunity * Build quotes and progress orders dependent on customer requirements * Maintain a high level of service and reliability throughout all customer contact * Maintain and grow current customer relationships * Proactively seek out new business opportunities and convert into orders * Ultimately, a willingness to learn new skills is required as full training will be given to suitable candidates. We hire for attitude. The Candidate * The successful candidate/s will be responsible for and tasked with growing their customer account base and increasing sales within it, as well as having a proactive approach to generating new business customers. * They will be expected to converse politely and efficiently with customers ensuring high expectations are met and will be responsible for taking a lead or enquiry through from point of sale to delivery. * The ability to work well in a team is essential, but candidates must also be confident to work from their own initiative to handle enquiries and manage their own customer base effectively. * This requires interpersonal and organisational skills with an attention to detail, interacting with both customers directly and all teams internally, such as CAD Drawing, Production and Accounts. * The ideal candidate will have good Maths and English skills, be computer literate with experience with the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word & Outlook etc). * CAD experience and the ability to read technical drawings is necessary and a reasonable knowledge of metal specifications would also be useful, together with any knowledge of our cutting methods and previous sales experience preferred. Company Benefits * 32 days holiday inc bank holiday * Free car parking * Pension Contribution * Full training available This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Forde Recruitment Ltd who are operating as an Employment Business. Unfortunately, due to the high volumes of applications we are currently receiving, we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage. If you have not been contacted within 7 days of your application, then please presume that you have not been successful on this occasion and continue to search on our website for additional opportunities