SALES ENGINEER (INTERMEDIATE) (SA122_02)

Location:

Portslade, GB, BN41 1RA

Desk Designation: Onsite

Job Req ID: 1781

Type of Contract: Permanent Full-Time

Role: Technical Sales Manager

Location: Hybrid + Eaglescliffe, Teesside (2 days at home, 3 days on site)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive + Company Car + 10% Sales Bonus

About the Company:

Mersen UK Ltd are a global expert in electrical power and advanced materials, Mersen designs innovative solutions to address its clients’ specific needs to enable them to optimize their manufacturing performance in sectors such as military, energy, transportation, electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and process industries. Mersen UK Teesside Ltd is a key graphite manufacturing unit of Graphite Specialities Divisions of Mersen supporting our Uk and European customer base.

The Role:

We are recruiting for a Technical Sales Manager who will be hybrid based, site presence will be required upto 3 days a week in our Teesside site. We are looking for an experienced Sales professional who will support our UK customers along with providing ongoing support to our European sales network. You will be developing relationships with exsisting customers whilst actively looking for new business opportunities. Duties of the role (but not limited to) include:

To build strong customer relationships with existing and new customers.
To answer customers request timely and provide indepth technical advice to potential or current customers.
To negotiate terms and conditions of orders within delegation rules.
To issue timely customer visit reports in the CRM system.
To partcipate in regular Sales meetings and reviews.
To collaborate with internal partners to provide adequate solutions and service to customers.
To contribute and support the Sales Budget.

Please note, this position will require European travel on a regular basis to support Mersen affliates network on technical aspects of the products and sales growth targets.

Person Specification:

Atleast 3 years experience at Sales Manager level.
Experience in materials (graphite) and glass production would be advantageous.
Candidates must be educated to atleast degree level or hold equivalent and demonstratable work experience.
A good understanding of Microsoft Packages.

What Mersen UK Teesside Ltd Offer:

33 days holiday including bank holidays, 3 days of entitlement will be held to cover the Christmas shut down.
Company Car.
10% Sales Bonus
Private Healthcare for all employees, after successful completion of the 12 week probationary period.
Generous Pension scheme.
Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Service, includes discount from many High Street Retailers and cashback options. This also includes an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7.
Cycle to work scheme.
Profit sharing scheme.
Company Sick Pay.

Main duties

Spends majority of time interacting with customers.
>> Assessment indicator : Nb contacts / Week

Answers customer requests timely and comprehensively. Analyzes and understand the customer’s technical need. Provides in-depth technical advice to assist potential customers in designing their parts for the specific characteristics of Mersen products. Contributes to the drafting of specifications..
>> Assessment indicator : Customer Satisfaction

Prepares negotiation plan.
>> Assessment indicator : Success rate

Negotiates terms and conditions of orders within delegation rules.
>> Assessment indicator : Success rate

Issues timely customer visit reports in the CRM.
>> Assessment indicator : Timeliness of Reporting

Collaborates with internal partners to provide adequate solutions and service to customers.
>> Assessment indicator : Customer Satisfaction

Contributes to building the sales budget.
>> Assessment indicator : Sales Budget

Ensures on-time payment from customers.
>> Assessment indicator : Overdue Payments (value and %)

Displays deep knowledge of products / solutions portfolio.
>> Assessment indicator : Customer Satisfaction

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. The job titles do not mean the male variant but stand for the gender-neutral designation of the profession according to wikipedia. People are welcome regardless of gender, origin, sexual orientation, and religion.