Mersen
Technical Sales Engineer - ACE
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Role: Technical Sales Engineer - ACE
Location: UK Hybrid (Sales Territory - UK & Ireland)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum (depending on experience) + 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 Engineer who will be visiting customers (minimum 3 days per week at customers & 2 days hybrid working, preparing and follow up actions) to promote our Anticorrosion Equipment products and after sales services. We are looking for an experienced Sales professional who will support our UK customers and liaise with our Mersen Anticorrosion Equipment production sites (UK, France, Germany and China). You will be developing relationships with existing customers, whilst actively looking for new business opportunities.
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Duties of the role (but not limited to) include:
- To build strong customer relationships with existing and new customers.
- To answer customer’s request timely and provide in-depth 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 participate 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 to Ireland on a regular basis to visit customers, together with occasional visits to France and Germany for Mersen Sales Meetings or accompanying customers to our Mersen Anticorrosion Equipment production sites.
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Person Specification:
- At least 3 years’ experience at Sales Engineer level.
- Experience in selection of corrosion resistant materials, heat exchangers and sales to the chemical / API pharmaceutical industries would be advantageous.
- Candidates must be educated to at least 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.
- Private Healthcare for all employees, after successful completion of the 12-week probationary period.
- Generous Pension scheme.
- Pluxee 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.
- Sales Bonus scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Company Sick Pay.
- Option of remote working or working from the Mersen UK Teesside office, for the 2 preparation / follow up days, per week.
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