Internal Sales Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Internal Sales Engineer

Contract: Full time, permanent, office based

Salary: Competitive and negotiable based on experience.

Join a well-established distributor of electrical engineering solutions as an Internal Sales Engineer
. With over 130 members of staff and over 125 years trading our business continues to grow. We provide a friendly and supportive place to work with a team rich in experience and pride ourselves on collaboration and our genuine open-door policy. We sell solutions rather than ‘just products’ and as such require our sales team to have the knowledge and enthusiasm to provide not only top-notch sales service but also quality wrap around support.

You will respond to and handle all product technical enquiries
. This could be industrial electrical, control & automation/factory automation/process control including control gear, switch gear, automation equipment, variable speed drives, plc, HMI, instrumentation, cable management systems, connection systems, industrial data comms enclosures, sensors, and possibly ATEX equipment.

• With training, you will understand and be familiar with the full product range and have the ability to offer alternatives if required whilst advising on the selection of products where possible.
• You will liaise with Field Sales Engineers and other staff to achieve the branch objectives and sales performance
• You will be flexible and have the ability to engage in other duties dependent on business need.
• You will be raising quotations for customers and provide general customer support and service

• You will have a wide range of electrical market related product knowledge and are likely to have strengths in more than one product area
  .
• in order to generate quotations for customers whilst being competent in order to justify the competitive situation needed to win the order whilst keeping profitability in mind.
• You will have technical knowledge (there is flexibility on the qualification if you are able to demonstrate your knowledge, product applications knowledge and commercial awareness).
• You may currently be in a similar role as an internal sales engineer
  , technical support engineer, an electrical engineer looking to move into a commercial environment with the ability to illustrate good customer and administrative skills, a graduate engineer with customer experience in a sales environment looking to develop their career in technical sales.
• You will have good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and data entry systems
• Good organisation and communication skills

Competitive Salary dependent on experience, plus

• 23 holidays per year, rising to 27 after 6 years’ service
• Pension contribution top up scheme
• Annual salary reviews
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
• Life assurance from day one
• Product training and personal development
• Free parking

This is an office-based role at our HQ in Leeds

Please send your CV highlighting your skills and experience to:
[email protected] marked for the attention of Sarah Watson.