Sales Engineer

Job Description

Do you want to break into sales and account management This is a genuinely rare opportunity for an Engineer / Technical Support professional from a manufacturer or distributor of pharmaceutical manufacturing machinery to move into a sales / account managementor sales engineering role. Maybe your background is in projects, service, applications or Process Engineering - and you want to get involved with sales accounts across the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector This is your opportunity ...BASIC SALARY: circa £60,000BENEFITS: Bonus based on company performance (typically 10% - 15%) Company car / allowance 25 days holiday + stats Pension (rising with each year of service) Allowance paid for overnight staysLOCATION: UK wide. There is a preference for you to be based in the Midlands and North England with access to the motorway network - though open for the ideal candidate.COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Coventry, Northampton, Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Luton, Bedford, Cambridge, Oxford, Watford, Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Bath, Stokeon Trent.WHY SHOULD I APPLY This is not door knocking or phone bashing. This is a Sales Account Management role which will suit someone making the transition from technical / engineering into a more commercial, customer facing position. Our existing customers like, trust and value us. Youll be speaking to these clients about our full product range and maximising those opportunities. All our sales success comes from providing a technical solution to a specific problem. You will be selling something they want and need - and you arent fighting with dozens or even hundreds of other suppliers offering the same thing. We sell high quality, premium manufactured equipment and offer full project management support throughout the life cycle of that machinery.JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Account Manager - Capital Equipment, PPMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical MachineryAt the core of this role is working with a number of existing accounts - manufacturers of pharmaceuticals - with the task of networking, developing those relationships, and specify the full product offering into these companies as projects come up.You will also leverage our exceptional reputation and that of our principals to develop new business relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers (all of whom are a known quantity) executing and building a sales strategy alongside our senior management team.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Account Manager - Capital Equipment, PPMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Machinery Sales and Account Management to pharmaceutical manufacturers Utilise strong technical skills and understanding of the sector to build relationships with Engineering Managers to identify opportunities and find out about future projectsPERSON SPECIFICATION: Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Account Manager - Capital Equipment, PPMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical MachineryYou will know the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry - perhaps as a Project Engineer, Sales Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Applications Engineer, Service Engineer, Process Engineer, Installation & Commissioning Engineer or even Technical Support. Whatever your specialism, youve got exposure to equipment for the production, filling and processing of pharmaceutical products. You know how to speak to people, explain technical solutions, and arent afraid to ask for the order.THE COMPANY:A well established distributor / agent for various European principals - manufacturing process / packaging machinery for the pharmaceutical industry. Offices in both UK & Ireland.It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Project Engineer, Sales Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Applications Engineer, Service Engineer, Process Engineer,Installation & Commissioning Engineer, Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Sales Manager - Pharmaceutical Machinery, Process Machinery, Packaging Machinery, PPMA, Filling Lines, Aseptic or Capital EquipmentINTERESTED Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.REF: ZH17042, Wallace Hind Selection