Technical Sales Executive

Salary: £30,000 – £42,000 per year

If you’re a technically capable individual seeking an exciting, new challenge this is a fantastic opportunity to learn, grow and succeed with a market-leading business that won two Queens Awards (including for International Trade) in 2021.

The Company

Our client is an established company that provides high-quality water analysers to all water related industries including; drinking water, waste-water and industrial water across the globe. They have been growing at an average of 20% a year for 10 years and double in size every three to four years.

Their solutions include market-leading analysers that combine traditional instrument capability with class-leading controls and Water 4.0 cloud based, remote access solutions.

Now, they are looking for a Technical Sales Executive to increase sales in some overseas territories including SE Asia.

The Rewards

– Salary of £30,000 – £42,000DOE
– Quality company car
– Develop a rewarding career with an established and rapidly growing business
– Increase your knowledge of a fast-moving industry
– Ongoing training, so you can be the best you can be
– Opportunity to travel globally
– Responsibility for developing new and existing territories across the world

Based in Lancashire, they are recognised as a world-leading expert in their field, working collaboratively with partners globally, you can find their water analyser solutions in more than 60 countries with subsidiaries in France and Ireland and a company representative in China.

Selling with them is a rewarding consultative process requiring industry, application and product expertise. Selling overseas is via OEMs and Distributors. Other than the personal satisfaction of helping customers find solutions to water treatment problems, this is a great place to increase your skill set as part of a talented team.

The Role

As a Technical Sales Executive, you will operate as part of a Technical Sales Team and maximise sales of water quality analysers.

In this varied role, you will:

– Target and secure new customers and business opportunities
– Build strong, long-lasting relationships with customers (OEMs and Distributors)
– Negotiate contracts
– Support and train our overseas partners

About You

To be considered as a Technical Sales Executive, you’ll need:

– At least two years’ sales or other relevant experience
– Excellent communication skills
– A results-driven and tenacious approach
– Great team-working skills
– A decent grounding in science or engineering, ideally a degree-level qualification

An understanding of analysers/instrumentation and/or the water and related industries would enhance your application, although full training will be given.

Professionals with varying levels of experience and differing backgrounds are invited to apply as full training will be provided, some of our most successful salespeople started their careers in teaching science at secondary level.

We welcome applications from the following: Technical Sales Graduate, Graduate Technical Sales Executive, Technical Sales Advisor, Technical Sales Agent, and Technical Sales Engineer.

Other companies may call this role Technical Export Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, BDM, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Client Relationship Manager, CRM, Account Manager, Sales Account Manager, Technical Sales Executive, Regional Sales Manager, Export Sales Manager, or Applications Salesperson.