Our client is seeking applications from recent graduates in engineering or technical disciplines to join their internal technical and commercial team. This is a career opportunity for candidates who would value gaining experience in a hybrid technical / commercial support role where the practical application and commercialisation of their academic knowledge and credentials will facilitate their professional development. This is a ‘career’ rather than a ‘job’ opportunity.
Candidates interested in continuing career, professional and personal development in a commercially focused specialist engineering supplies environment should apply.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE / PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Outgoing and positive personality
• Graduate, Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering
• An understanding of sales customer service
• Sales team experience
• Sales and customer service focus
• Commercial awareness
• Team Player
• Mechanical and electrical aptitude
• Ability to attain basic customer/technical/product knowledge within a relatively short period of time (3-6months)
• Analytical skills
• Able to use initiative to follow general guidelines to achieve goals
• Ability to work unaided and unsupervised as part of the wider team
• Reporting as agreed and required vs targets
• MS Office including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Remote / Virtual platforms including MS Teams, Zoom and Skype
• MRP/ERP – preferably SAP Business One
  Please note this is an office based role - 5 days per week onsite
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 100

• Compiling and maintaining an appropriate business development pipeline for area of responsibility
• Identifying and qualifying relevant sales and specification opportunities
• Developing and maintaining an accurate database of relevant specifiers and contractors
• Initiation and facilitation of virtual CPD and product training sessions (webinar and workshop)
• Maintaining currency of product documentation, samples, displays
• Proposing updates for social media and www presence for area of responsibility
• Achieving sales target for area of responsibility (revenue & GM)
• Handling Customer enquiries / sales support enquiries and technical quotations. Managing existing accounts, phone-based sales
• Complete introductory product training course
• Build relationships with the various companies throughout the customer base
• Maintain a sales focused attitude in all dealings with the customer base
• Operate in a proactive fashion to best publicise products and secure orders and additional revenue through regular contact
• Maintain a positive attitude and foster a passion for the company and products you represent
• Maintain and increase sales by timely and active communication with the customer base, Highlight offers, and incentives as required
• Maintain the CRM system all sales, order, contact, customer, lead and supplier information within System. Enter, maintain, and update all activity within System
• Office based support to the external sales team
• Have an awareness of the complete product offering