Business Development Executive in Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Business Development Executive  

Andy File Associates Limited is working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards to this permanent opportunity.

Location: home based but is mainly travelling sales: Midlands, Northern England, Scotland. Must be commutable to Sheffield office space should Home working portal become unavailable.

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 dependant on experience.

Position is available immediately.

Our client is a UK subsidiary of a leading manufacturer of Linear, Angle and Rotary Encoders, Length Gauges, Resolvers, Linear & Torque Motors, Heavy Duty Encoders, Digital Readouts and CNC controls.  

The Role:  

• Reporting to the Managing Director you will be responsible for developing new business in an area broadly covering the Midlands, North of England and Scotland, working from home and a regional office (Sheffield).
• The primary focus of the role will be to identify new potential OEM and end user customers for their clients.
• Secondary role will include maintenance of existing customer base and technical sales of our client’s brand encoders, (AMO, Numerik Jena, RSF, LTN resolvers, & Renco).

Duties:   

• Identification of potential new OEM’s, End users and sales channels for group products. 
• Arranging and conducting site meetings.
• Development of new OEM customers liaising with design departments and procurement etc.
• Development of existing OEMs (new products/new applications)
• Maintenance of CRM, market analysis and regular reporting (minimum quarterly)
• Represent/support local relevant exhibitions, open houses, networking events.  
• Attending Sales meetings at Head office (Burgess Hill, UK) and trainings within Europe group and parent companies.

Candidate: 

• The successful candidate will have a proven record of proactively selling and be motivated to engage with new customers. 
• Any prior experience of technical selling into the oil & gas, subsea, steel mills, mining, renewable or energy industries would be preferred. 
• They should reside in the designated sales area within commuting distance of the regional office in Sheffield. 
• You will be educated to at least A-Level standard with preference to a HNC Electronics, Mechanical or Engineering qualification. 
• You will have a consultative approach to selling and must be a strong relationship builder as well as being self-motivated with good communication skills. 
• PC literate with Microsoft packages.

Benefits: 

• The salary ranges from £40,000 up to £50,000 depending on experience, plus bonus.
• Access to join company Private Health Insurance scheme (Taxable).
• Company car is provided.
• Good pension and access to join private healthcare.
• Product training provided.