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Specialist Sales Engineer North West England – negotiable excellent salary package plus Car, Pension, Life Assurance, smart phone laptop etc.

Technically competent Sales Engineer / Area Sales Manager required to join our Clients expanding team providing industrial control & automation products and solutions.

On behalf of our Client we are now seeking an experienced Area Sales Engineer, the ideal would be a sales person with Functional Machine Safety qualification and experience, with a proven track record as a business developer and excellent salesman in the Industrial Electrical sector. This is a field based role, visiting customer sites and premises with 1 to 2 days either home office or company office.

Whilst providing the specialist sales focus and supporting both customers and other colleagues with your functional safety expertise, the Sales Specialist will also have access to selling a range of high quality Industrial Automation products and solutions, such as PLC, Control Gear, Drives, Sensors, HMI and Process Instrumentation and Ex equipment into an industrial sector customer base including OEM, End User, System Integrator and Panel Builder customers across all markets throughout the North West of England, including Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Cumbria, Warrington, Liverpool, Wigan, Bolton, Blackburn, Preston etc.

As the successful candidate, you will have sales and technical experience in the Industrial Automation industry as an Area Sales Engineer, Area Sales Manager, Technical Sales person coupled with a record of sales success and achievement. A formal qualification in an Electrical/Electronic discipline ONC or above is likely, along with a knowledge of industry applications of the mentioned product types. Ideally you will also have benefitted from further career development training to enhance your sales skills. However, an excellent sales person with experience in the electrical sector without qualification will be considered. A valid driving licence and a willingness to travel are of course required.

As is usual you will be working to achieve defined sales targets and capable of developing a personal plan in order to achieve your objectives. Other positive attributes such as good organisational and communication skills, along with the ability to be an effective team player whilst enjoying a level of autonomy.

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To register your interest contact us with an up to date CV and we will be pleased to call you for a confidential discussion. To view more of our positions click on the Rise logo at the top of this page.

We work across a range of business to business/B2B market sectors including Renewable Energy, Electrical, Control & Automation, Electronic, Renewable Energy, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Fluid Power, Instrumentation, Engineering services companies, Industrial Consumables, Industrial Components, Capital Equipment, Material Handling, Scientific Equipment, Petrochemical and Utilities.

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd are currently working on a wide range of business to business/B2B sales positions, account management, business development and sales management roles including: Sales Manager, UK Sales Manager, National Sales Manager, Country Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Executive, Senior Sales Executive, National Account Manager, Business Development Manager, Key Account Manager, Account Executive, National Account Executive, Sales Specialist, Global Account Manager, Sales Representative, Territory Sales, Field Sales, Client Relationship Manager, Sales Engineer, Sales Consultant, Technical Sales, Senior Sales Engineer, Export Sales, International Sales, European Sales, Branch Manager, Sales Director, Trainee Sales, Graduate Sales, Telesales, Internal Sales, Office Sales

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