Techncial Sales Engineer

Technical Sales Engineer

Location: Midlands and the North, home based when not on the road

Salary: £55,000 to £65,000 basic, OTE up to £71,500 plus new business commission

Benefits: Company car, 8% rising to 12% non contributory pension, Bupa, 33 days holiday

A client of KO2's, a privately owned franchised distributor and UK manufacturer of high reliability electronic components with over 50 years behind them, is looking for a Technical Sales Engineer to cover the Midlands and the North. Around 80% of their business is in defence, aerospace, space and rail, so you'll be dealing with some of the most technically demanding customers in the UK.

This is not account management and it's not quoting off a BOM all day. It's a proper field based business development role, getting in front of design engineers and getting components designed in.

What you'll be doing

• Growing a portfolio of established, budgeted accounts, including tier one and tier two defence and aerospace businesses
• Working alongside design engineers and specifiers to get our client's franchised ranges and own manufactured parts designed in
• Winning new customers and new projects, with joint visits and presentations alongside the manufacturers
• Leaving order processing, quality and admin to the internal team, so your time is spent with customers

Who we're looking for

Our client will consider two types of people:

• Technically excellent engineers from design, test, applications or product management who have the personality to move into sales. No sales experience needed
• Technical sales people, FAEs and field sales engineers from component distributors or manufacturers, ideally with passive or electromechanical experience

Either way you'll need a solid grasp of board level electronic or electromechanical components, the confidence to talk to engineers and buyers alike, the self discipline to run your own patch, and a full UK driving licence. Living along the Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds corridor would be ideal.

The package

• £55,000 to £65,000 basic depending on experience
• Billings bonus of up to 10% of salary, for an OTE of up to £71,500
• New business commission on top, paid on every new opportunity you win for two years from when it goes into production
• Company car, laptop and mobile phone
• Non contributory pension: 8% from three months, rising 1% a year to 12%, without you putting in a penny
• Bupa private healthcare, extended to your spouse after five years
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays
• A friendly, privately owned business where the directors are hands on and good ideas get acted on quickly

Interested?

Apply now or ring Andrew Knight at KO2 in complete confidence on 01423 876356. Even if you're not sure your background fits, give me a call and we can discuss.