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Guyson Career Opportunities
Guyson International Limited is a privately owned family company with a worldwide reputation for excellence in the design and manufacture of blast finishing, spray wash and ultrasonic cleaning equipment - as well as being the UK supplier for all your flexible hose and coupling requirements.
Guyson was established over 80 years ago, on May 20th 1938; the company is registered to ISO 9001:2015 and its Skipton-based finishing equipment division is also registered to ISO 45001:2018. Our head office and Finishing Equipment Division is located at Skipton, North Yorkshire whilst the Hose and Couplings Division is based near Leeds, West Yorkshire.
At Guyson we continuously seek to broaden our skills base by employing dedicated people to enhance the products and services provided to our customers. This area of the website highlights any current opportunities that may be available:
Job Vacancy: Field Sales Engineer (Southern England & South Wales)
A position has become available at Guyson International Ltd for a:
Field Sales Engineer (Southern England & South Wales)
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Sales of Guyson capital equipment, consumables, spares and services to a wide variety of industrial customers. The role will be home office based, whilst regularly making territory visits in support of Guyson sales activities.
This is a permanent position, subject to a 3 month trial period.
THE CANDIDATE
This role will suit someone with a current background in engineering sales. An enthusiastic individual with a strong ambition to progress and an interest in engineering, particularly British manufactured equipment which will also suit;
- A confident Sales Engineer keen to develop and advance the territory.
- A self-motivated, self-starter able to organise and plan largely on one’s own initiative.
- Positive and enthusiastic character with influencing skills at all levels.
- An ability to plan activities and customer visits, occasionally including overnight stays.
KEY SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Product training will be provided in addition to your own skills & enthusiasm
- Sales acumen and business development skills, selling into the engineering, manufacturing and MRO sectors.
- Experience in pro-actively developing new opportunities and maintaining long term business relationships with existing and potential customers.
- Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills, with ability to present confidently technical solutions at all levels.
- Good technical background and engineering knowledge with the ability to describe and report a technical or production process to Guyson engineering department for evaluation and costing.
- Excellent organisational and planning skills; including and arranging territory visits to new and existing customers, following up leads and prospecting.
- Must be computer literate - capable of using Guyson CRM system, which involves maintaining good and comprehensive records, inputting data, updating account information and uploading relevant documentation.
- A recognised target driven approach, capable of working towards a sales budget. Will provide accurate information through CRM relating to activities, number of leads, open opportunities and sales forecast on a day to day basis
- Ability to adhere to Guyson company policies and processes, health and safety requirements and Company Handbook.
BENEFITS
- Workplace pension scheme
- Company car
- Laptop
- iPad
- Mobile phone
This is a permanent position, subject to a 3 month trial period.
Hours: 37.5 hour week
Monday to Thursday - 8.30 am to 5.00 pm
Friday - 8.30 am to 2.30 pm
with a half hour lunch break each day
Territory Hours: As a Sales Engineer, you will be required to work the hours needed to fulfil your role in support of customers, Monday to Friday. No less than 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: £35k - £40k- basic depending on experience (c £55K - £60k OTE)
Bonus Scheme: Commission on all equipment sales with OTE up to £20k.
Please forward your CV to: careers@guyson.co.uk, stating Job Ref S070.
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