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Sales Engineer – Scaffold
December 10, 2020 | Comments Off on Sales Engineer – Scaffold
What we’re looking for Sales Engineer - Scaffolding South - Brentwood PERI are one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of formwork and scaffolding systems. PERI UK has an exciting opportunity for a Sales Engineer working in the south, based in Brentwood, Essex. This role requires extensive sales experience in the scaffolding industry. Working closely with the Business Development Manager, you will be responsible to manage PERI business (customers, projects, turnover, and discount) within a defined area whilst growing our market share and building new customer trading relationships. Key Skills: • Ability to develop and maintain a project pipeline • Excellent communication skills at all levels • Negotiation skills to be able to make trading agreements and discount levels with our customers and introduce new products to market • Ability to build relationships at all levels with customers to win their trust and increase their confidence in PERI • Develop relationships with Technical staff and customers to promote efficient use of products Key duties: • Work closely with the Business Development Manager to ensure the most cost effective and profitable solutions are given to the customer • Collaborate with and support other regions and functions • Working closely with the Business Development Manager to deliver annual personal sales targets • Liaise with customers to manage queries and complaints, managing customer debt • Operate within the company financial guidelines What you’ll need Experience • Experience in working/selling within the Scaffolding Construction Industry • Good experience in all aspects of scaffolding and scaffolding solutions, ability to see a job before it’s built • Good experience in developing or helping clients to develop scaffolding schedules, if required to do so • A good understanding of scaffolding businesses in relation to their internal operations and pricing structures to enable our win strategy and PERI positioning • Solid understanding of system applications and how they hold advantages over traditional scaffolding methods • Ability to understand customers’ needs and have a strong understanding of scaffolding application solutions • Experience in scaffolding estimating • Ability to sell within a premium brand and position our brand within market Personal attributes • Approachable, professional and objective & customer orientated • Methodical, well organised and practical • Hands-on approach, self-motivated with drive and ambition • Able to communicate effectively at all levels • Strong negotiation skills • Strong work ethic, open and reliable • Excellent organisational skills • Strong Microsoft office literate What you’ll get in return Benefits • Company Car or Cash for Car allowance • Competitive salary & commission scheme • 20 days annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays • 5 days annual leave for Christmas shut down • Company pension contributions 3% employee + 6% contribution • Private healthcare cover & death in service x2 base salary What’s it like to work for PERI Our recent employee survey indicated that employees felt “The friendliness of the company enables you to feel part of the PERI family”