Technical Sales Engineer

Is motor sport, power sports and all things automotive your bag? Do you live and breath it, from the latest developments in F1 to snowmobiles used in holiday resorts. Are you somewhere between an Engineer (or technically minded / gifted) and a sales professional? We design hardware and software tools to enable end users to enhance their vehicles performance by recalibrating / tuning the ECU for performance and/or efficiency, and now seek a Technical Sales Engineer, to grow sales across the UK, Europe and beyond.
 
BASIC SALARY: £40,000 - £50,000
 
BENEFITS:
· £10,000 - £15,000 bonus (paid monthly)
· Car allowance
· 22 days holiday
· Health care
· Pension
· Life Insurance
 
LOCATION: Letchworth Garden City
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: A field based role with one or two days in the office each week (Letchworth), you could be based in Cambridge, Luton, Bedford, Northampton, Milton Keynes, St Albans, Bishop's Stortford, Hemel Hempsted or Hatfield
 
Why read on:
 
We are the best at what we do for American manufactured vehicles and we want the same across German, French and Asian models. To do that we need a voice, someone who understands what it means to the end user to fine tune a car, the benefits, the feel, the extra torque, or increased fuel efficiency. Come and travel, Europe and further afield, be our voice and reap the rewards that follow.   
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: Technical Sales Engineer - Automotive / Power Sports
 
The key focus of your role as a Technical Sales Engineer is to manage relationships with key clients (Automotive reseller, dealers and tuners) across Europe, educating and encouraging growth of software and hardware technologies which enable vehicle diagnostics, calibration and modification. The role is a mixture of managing existing relationships and searching for new clients.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Technical Sales Engineer - Automotive / Power Sports
 
· Support and increase sales throughout key distribution partners. c80 across Europe.
· Research and approach new target partners for Jet-Ski, Snow mobile, ATV's, Quad bikes.
· Identify and visit shows and exhibitions, networking and brand building.
· Demonstrating the product and conducting customer training
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Technical Sales Engineer - Automotive / Power Sports
 
To be successful in your application,, your love, passion and experience of the automotive sector can come from your professional or personal life, but you MUST have the ability to demonstrate a passion for cars and power sports.
 
· Hold an Engineering qualification (degree, HND, apprenticeship).
· A proven rack record of selling a technical integrated product, ideally via distribution partners where you have demonstrated the product and conducted staff training.
· The ability and willingness to travel and be away from home - your customers and targets are across Europe.
· Fluency in an additional European language is an advantage but not essential.
 
THE COMPANY:
 
We are America's leading software / hardware business for the automotive ECU/PCM and GCU/TCU modification market. Establishing our European (UK) operation in 2018, we have gone from strength to strength growing continuously at an exciting rate. With a new focus on the Power Sport arena we are keen to bring in more knowledge and experience to continue this journey.  
 
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services:  Technical Sales, Business Development Manager, Export Sales Manager, Distribution Sales, Automotive Aftermarket
 
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgment of your application.
 
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
 
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
 
REF: MH18101, Wallace Hind Selection