Trainee Technical Sales Engineer
C£19,000

Our client has been extremely business during lockdown providing and installing products into the Healthcare system and with the economy returning, are now receiving a high level of interest from the Dentistry and Hospitality industry.
Highly respected within their field of expertise, our client is now seeking a confident and highly communicative candidate to join them in a trainee opportunity where they can hone in on your skill set and develop the right candidate to a Technical Sales Engineer. For a candidate with more experience they have flexibility to increase the salary range.
The right candidate will be confident in answering incoming calls, taking ownership of that phone query for the customer’s journey, be IT literate, and eager to learn.
Due to a rural location, private transport is required due to a lack of public transport routes.
Interviews will be telephone based and then shortlisted down to face to face, in-keeping with social distancing regulations.
If you are recently exited education (university or sixth form) or have some working experience, or looking for a new career path, please send your CV for consideration.

Job Description:
The successful candidate will be required to work as part of the Internal Sales Team dealing directly with customers via the telephone and occasionally face to face.

This mainly office-based role requires a comprehensive knowledge of the air filter product range, and a basic understanding of general heating and ventilation systems allowing them to make suitable product selections and specifications. On the job training will be offered, but the candidate will require a technical background and education in engineering or the sciences.
The successful candidate will be expected to be proactive in sales making regular contact with existing and potential clients and will use the internal CRM system to input and maintain client information, produce quotations, orders and any necessary paperwork.

Key Responsibilities:
1. To answer Telephone, fax or email enquiries, ensuring they are answered promptly and confirmed by email or fax.
2. To use the computerised CRM system including Quotations / Sales orders / Invoicing / Purchasing.
3. To perform the duties associated with the paperwork side of despatching goods, and on occasions where necessary perform the manual duties of that role.
4. To maintain the office and its systems in a neat and tidy manner
5. To be proactive in the sales of the company by telephone / email / mail / fax / ebay, and any other method that may be chosen by the company.

Useful Skills : Customer Services, Confident Telephone Manner, Engineering, CAD experience, Works Well under Pressure, Self Motivated, Mathematics Beneficial, basic Microsoft IT Skills.

Working Hours : 8 – 5pm Monday to Thursday, 8-4pm Friday

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