Modern Plant is looking for a Graduate Sales Engineer to join our internal technical and commercial team. This is more than just a first job; it's a career opportunity designed to help you apply what you've learned and grow into a high-impact, commercially savvy professional.
What You'll Gain:
* Hands-on experience in a hybrid technical and commercial support role
* The chance to apply your academic background in real-world engineering supply projects
* Exposure to customer engagement, technical product support, and commercial strategy
* Support for ongoing professional development in a high-performance, people-first team
Who Are You:
* A recent graduate in engineering or a technical discipline
* Eager to develop both your technical and commercial skillsets
* Looking for a long-term career path in a specialist, solutions-driven company
* Motivated, curious, and ready to make a difference
Responsibilities
* Compiling and maintaining an appropriate business development pipeline for area of responsibility
* Identifying and qualifying relevant sales and specification opportunities
* Developing and maintaining an accurate database of relevant specifiers and contractors
* Initiation and facilitation of virtual CPD and product training sessions (webinar and workshop)
* Maintaining currency of product documentation, samples, displays
* Proposing updates for social media and www presence for area of responsibility
* Achieving sales target for area of responsibility (revenue & GM)
* Handling Customer enquiries / sales support enquiries and technical quotations. Managing existing accounts, phone-based sales
* Complete introductory product training course
* Build relationships with the various companies throughout the customer base
* Maintain a sales focused attitude in all dealings with the customer base
* Operate in a proactive fashion to best publicise products and secure orders and additional revenue through regular contact
* Maintain a positive attitude and foster a passion for the company and products you represent
* Maintain and increase sales by timely and active communication with the customer base, Highlight offers, and incentives as required
* Maintain the CRM system all sales, order, contact, customer, lead and supplier information within System. Enter, maintain, and update all activity within System
* Office based support to the external sales team
* Have an awareness of the complete product offering
Qualifications / Experience / Person Specification
* Outgoing and positive personality
* Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering
* An understanding of sales customer service
* Sales team experience
* Sales and customer service focus
* Commercial awareness
* Team Player
* Mechanical and electrical aptitude
* Ability to attain basic customer/technical/product knowledge within a relatively short period of time (3-6months)
* Analytical skills
* Able to use initiative to follow general guidelines to achieve goals
* Ability to work unaided and unsupervised as part of the wider team
* Reporting as agreed and required vs targets
* MS Office including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
* Remote / Virtual platforms including MS Teams, Zoom and Skype
* MRP/ERP – preferably SAP Business One
Please note this is an office based role - 5 days per week onsite
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
* Company pension
* On-site parking
* Private medical insurance
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Ballymount, CO. Dublin: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
* Ireland (required)
Work Location: In person