Technical Sales Engineer

A sales engineer is required for a hugely popular and well established OEM in the cutting tool industry The business have a global reach, with a presence on every continent. The UK based operation has a team of sales engineers who develop both new and existing business across all forms of manufacturing industry Benefits include a salary which is negotiable depending on experience, a target based bonus of 20% of base salary, company car with Hybrid and Fully Electric options, 33 days holiday including bank hols, private pension, Healthcare cover, life assurance, brand new phone and laptop We're looking for someone with a unique understanding of the manufacturing industry across various sectors, with full scope to develop and get in front of clients in the area or region you live in. Plus there's future potential to sell products into channel partners in Europe too. Responsibilities of the Sales Engineer include - To promote and sell an innovative range of metal cutting tools to both end users and distributors Listen to customers and sales project teams to understand underlying needs and ensure suitable technical solutions are delivered to secure profitable business Increasing sales and volume of end users of the products Identify and develop new leads, as well as following up leads generated from the internal teams Work alongside colleagues and management to coordinate and deliver marketing campaigns, exhibitions and promotional events Document cost saving activity and daily use / updating of the CRM systemTo be successful as sales engineer we're looking for the following skills / experience - Previous experience as a cutting tool sales engineer, or an applications engineer - Have a proven background within business to business sales of technical products, ideally with cutting tools - Confident negotiation skills, and be able to present to businesses as stakeholder level - Excellent communication and customer facing skills - Efficient user of Microsoft 365 including TEAMS, and our CRM system for recording pipeline of new business - Full UK driving license ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity