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Internal Sales Engineer / Technical Account Manager

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Internal Sales Engineer / Technical Account Manager

Would you enjoy a Technical Sales role working with clients across academia and industry? Do you possess past experience in an engineering or scientific business and enjoy interacting with clients to understand their application challenges?

Ready to move into a collaborative team with a fantastic track record of developing and nurturing talent and supporting individuals to build long-term careers within the company.

Why This Company?

My client is a global leader in the design, development, and production of technical components and systems relied upon in some of the world’s most demanding applications.

They have secured some fascinating projects in the medical, metrology, life science and industrial sectors, with some of their most recognisable wins within space exploration.

They now seek an Internal Sales Engineer / Technical Account Manager to maintain existing UK customer relationships and follow up on incoming leads and enquiries (15-20 per week).

(This role does not require any cold calling)

Rewards & Benefits

  • £40K - £45K Basic

  • £10K Bonus

  • 7% Pension

  • Private Healthcare

  • Income Protection Scheme

  • 24 Days Holiday + Public Holidays

  • Flexitime

    About The Role

    Based at my client's office, with daily support from a team of technical and commercial industry experts, you will be responsible for:

  • Liaising with academic customers (Universities) but also industrial companies across the UK.

  • Working on customer projects with a typical gestation period from 1 to 3 months.

  • Managing a portfolio of smaller customers (order values £1K-£10K) and also handling and processing incoming inquiries from around 15-20 new leads per week.

  • Qualifying incoming enquiries to establish if the business can offer a suitable solution.

  • Passing larger OEM projects to the external sales team.

  • Forging solid relationships with key decision-makers including Professors, Engineering Managers, Project Engineers, and Design Engineers.

  • Understanding customer project needs and providing guidance and input on the best-proposed solution.

  • Handling both technical and commercial inquiries from your customer base.

  • Maintaining, updating, and administering the CRM database.

    System and product training will be provided.

    About You

    You will ideally possess experience working in an Engineering or Scientific company

    A technical education within an Engineering or Scientific discipline would be highly beneficial, but not essential.

    Alongside your academic flair, you must possess great communication skills and enjoy speaking with clients in both academia and industry.

    Previous experience in customer interaction roles such as sales, account management, product specialist, and applications engineering would be highly advantageous but not essential should somebody demonstrate the aptitude to learn. The salary offered will reflect the experience you bring to the role.

    Other key skills include:

  • Mouldable with the desire to develop and grow with the business.

  • Team player who enjoys engaging with customers.

  • Ability to fit into an environment where collaboration and idea-sharing are encouraged.

  • Methodical, structured and process driven.

  • Good attention to detail.

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    Interested in this role? Here’s what happens next…

    Click the apply button to send us your CV. If we think you’re a great fit for this role, we’ll be in touch in the next couple of days.

    Thank you for taking the time to read about this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you,

    Team Mase.

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    Internal Sales Engineer / Technical Account Manager

    Location: Milton Keynes or surrounding

    Keywords: Internal Sales Engineer, Account Manager, Account Management, Technical Sales, Engineered Products, Engineered Components, Product Specialist, Application Engineer, Applications Engineer, STEM, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Science, Scientific, Microscopes, Optical Imaging, Materials Testing, Teat & Measurement, Materials Characterisation, Materials Science, Optics, Life Science, CMM, Measuring Machines

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