Technical Sales Engineer - East Midlands

We are hiring a Technical Sales Engineer to strengthen our external team across the East Midlands and surrounding areas. This is a full-time remote role based in the East Midlands.

Required Location: East Midlands (NG, DE, LE, CV)

Overview

As a Technical Sales Engineer at Tungaloy-NTK UK, you’ll manage key accounts, provide hands-on technical support to customers, and drive sales growth. You’ll work closely with the sales team and customer service to ensure exceptional end-to-end support. The role requires excellent communication and presentation skills, and a strong understanding of our product offering and the needs of our target industries.

Key Accountabilities

• Be proactive, focused and driven to meet sales targets.
• Understand, interpret and manage customer requirements with the confidence to negotiate and close sales.
• Communicate and build rapport effectively with our partners and customers.
• Provide pre-sales and after-sales technical assistance, sharing knowledge of cutting tools, conducting technical presentations and demonstrating how a cutting tool will meet customer needs.
• Document cost-saving activity and maintain the CRM system.
• Work with the product team to create custom-made products for customers.
• Attend trade shows, conferences and other marketing events to generate new contacts and develop existing relationships, enhancing our reputation for delivering quality cutting tools that meet customer expectations.

Candidate

• You will have had success selling metal cutting tools, or be a time-served multi-skilled engineer with strong knowledge of applying cutting tools.
• You can advise optimum metal removal rates on Milling, Drilling, Grooving, Turning and Threading applications, reducing the customer’s cost per part.
• Comfortable reading engineering drawings; ideally you have a Mechanical Engineering qualification or a completed technical apprenticeship.
• You are disciplined, target-driven and capable of working on your own initiative.
• Whether or not you’ve held a sales role before, you’ll bring first-class communication and negotiation skills with a winning mentality.

Must haves

• A full UK driving license.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Live in the Required Location (East Midlands – NG, DE, LE, CV).
• Able to read engineering drawings.
• Strong people skills and time management.
• Willing to travel across the territory, with occasional overnight stays.
• Comfortable running on-machine trials/time studies and presenting results.
• Suitable home workspace and reliable broadband (remote role).
• And at least one of the below:

• 3+ years’ experience applying cutting tools on the shop floor.
• 2+ years’ experience selling cutting tools.

Package

• Annual commission based on sales growth
• Company car (plug-in hybrid or electric) or car allowance
• Mobile phone, laptop and iPad
• Pension with 6% company contribution
• Life insurance
• Starting 23 days’ holiday (+ Bank Holidays), rising with tenure
• Optional private healthcare

Job details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Sales and Business Development
• Industries: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

At Tungaloy-NTK UK, we continue to expand and value our people. We’re a market leader in cutting tools with a long-term perspective and commitment to building sustainable relationships. We look forward to hearing from interested candidates.