Sales Engineer - South/South East UK

To drive our growth and evolve, as an organisation we are recruiting for a salesperson in the South-East and South area. This area includes Reading, Southampton, Portsmouth, Guildford, Redhill, Brighton, Tonbridge, Maidstone, Canterbury, Dartford and South London. Sales experience is not required, but an interest in engineering, working digitally, customer relations, and problem-solving is required.

Job Description:

You will visit, either in person or digitally, a range of our customers and prospective customers to discuss, understand and solve problems, applying our market-leading products and engineering capability to provide exceptional solutions. igus is a leading polymer bearing and energy chain systems manufacturing company in the UK. This role covers the the-chain side of our business. 

Job Responsibilities:

·        Supporting existing customers

·        Generating new business and being proactive

·        Project work

·        Using our CRM system to plan your working week efficiently

·        Finding engineering solutions to customer requirements

Skills Required:

·        Digitally competent and able to analyse customer data via dashboards

·        An inquisitive and problem-solving approach

·        An interest or experience in engineering (e.g., are you intrigued about the way things work?)

·        Excellent communicator to build relationships with customers

·        Ability to self-manage your week whilst maintaining high productivity levels

·     Understands and leverages the benefits of AI to support the future of work in a modern, evolving workplace

Benefits:

·        Company car and fuel card

·        25 days annual leave + bank holidays

·     We have trained mental health first aiders to help employees that are developing mental health problems, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis

·      We have partnered with an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to help improve happiness and financial wellbeing in the workplace

·        Continuous training and development opportunities

·        Daily lunch allowance

·        Subsided flu jabs

·        Subsided optical care for DSE users

·        Annual enrolment to company healthcare cash plan

·      We pride ourselves on the family-feel culture, social events are enjoyed by all, including our ever-popular summer BBQ’s and Christmas parties

·        We promote flexible working to maintain work-life balance wherever possible

Location: 4 days out on the road, 1 day working from home (visiting customers and digital meetings)

Working Hours: 08:00-17:00