Graduate Opportunity –Technical/Manufacturing/Engineering

Exciting opportunity to join our well established and successful client within the engineering/manufacturing industry based in Gloucester. The company have ambitious future plans for growth and can offer a nice working environment, air-conditioned offices as well as support towards future qualifications and career progression.

The Technical Sales Assistant is the initial technical resource for the sales desk; they are responsible for identifying and providing reliable solutions for all technical enquiries and project/application issues to ensure complete customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process.

Operating as a bridge between customers and the supply partners engineering teams, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of company products. The focus of the role is the preparation of accurate product/project quotations whilst communicating effectively with customers and internal departments.

Responsibilities:
- Production of quotations for customers in a clear, detailed, and accurate manner.
- Providing and assisting colleagues on technical and engineering issues.
- Negotiating and achieving deadlines for the submission of quotations.
- Maintain expert level of product knowledge and applications.
- Building relationships with customers and potential customers to understand their requirements.
- Helping with bids for new contracts/projects by interpreting customer performance requirements, gathering proposals, specifications and related documents and liaise with stakeholders to convert.
- Maintain accurate records of quotes, projects, contacts and correspondence in company Microsoft Dynamics CRM software.
- Communicating (follow ups) with customers to gain feedback on quotations.

To apply for this role, you will need some relevant transferable skills whether this be a technical background or an engineering (or aligned scientific) qualifications/experience or previous sales/order processing/estimating experience with the desire to succeed.

Hours - Monday – Friday - 8.30am – 5pm – 4pm finish on a Friday

Salary – Very competitive and negotiable depending on experience + 25 days holiday + bank Holidays