Overview

Technical Sales Engineer- Southwest

Focused area: PL, TQ, EX, TR, TA, DT

Wider area: BH, BS, BA, SP, SN.

Due to continued growth, we’re adding a new Technical Sales Manager to strengthen our ever-growing external team across the East Midlands and surrounding areas.

This is a full-time remote role. As a Technical Sales Manager 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 needs excellent communication and presentation skills, and a strong understanding of our product offering and the needs of our target industries.

Preferred Location: PL, TQ, EX

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 your knowledge of cutting tools, conducting technical presentations and demonstrating how a cutting tool will meet customer needs.
• Document cost-saving activity and maintaining the CRM system.
• Work with our talented 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 exceed customers’ expectations.

Candidate

• You will have had success selling metal cutting tools, or be a time-served multi-skilled engineer with strong knowledge of correctly 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 a disciplined, target-driven individual 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 combined with a winning mentality.

Must haves

• A full UK driving license.
• Right to work in the UK.
• 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).
• At least one of the following:
• 3+ years’ experience applying cutting tools on the shop floor.
• 2+ years’ experience selling cutting tools.

Package

• Attractive salary
• 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

At Tungaloy-NTK UK, we continue to expand, and with our ever-growing product portfolio and industry-leading project team in Japan, we have everything you need to build a long-term career. As a business, we truly value our people and we’re always open to fresh ideas and innovative strategies to further strengthen our market presence. We are running a marathon, not a sprint, so we take our time to build sustainable long-term relationships.

This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career with a rapidly expanding, forward-thinking market leader in cutting tools.

We look forward to hearing from any interested candidates.