Modern Plant is seeking applications from sales engineers in engineering or technical disciplines to join their internal technical and commercial team. This is a career opportunity for candidates who would value gaining experience in a hybrid technical / commercial support role.
Candidates interested in continuing career, professional and personal development in a commercially focused specialist engineering supplies environment should apply.
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