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INTERNAL SALES ENGINEER

Department      Sales Department

Reporting To     Sales Manager

Location           Brighouse, West Yorkshire, UK

Duration           Permanent

Description of Position

The Internal Sales Engineer role is a pivotal part of the Alco Valves Group development based on the long term strategic plan. The Internal sales engineer is primarily responsible to support the sales team as an engineering focal point and to also develop commercial awareness of a diverse range of manufactured valve products. This would involve working with a quality engineered product which has been established since 1977. The Internal Sales engineering would be responsible for developing sales of a technical nature in the oil and gas industry. This range includes instrument ball, needle, check and manifold valves, Double Block and Bleed Valves and monoflanges for top side and subsea applications.

Role Structure

The Internal Sales Engineer is a unique role within Alco Valves Group Sales Department. Reporting directly to the Internal Sales Manager.

Key Responsibilities

Accountabilities

•  Develop an excellent customer relationship through the provision of an outstanding quality service

• Provide and sell product information, pricing, special offers and promotions and be able to negotiate them

• Advising customers and the internal sales team on a technical level with regards to the product range manufactured

•  Ability to review industry/valve data sheets and industry specifications

•  Contacting clients by phone to negotiate terms of an agreement and conclude sales 

• Gathering market and customer information 

• Negotiating variations in price, delivery and specifications 

• Reviewing own sales performance 

• Gaining a clear understanding of customers' businesses and requirements 

 

Essential/Desirable Skills Required

Skill set

Essential

• Professionalism

• Must have good written and verbal communication skills

• Ability plan and prioritise tasks

• Ability to work effectively in a team and autonomously

• Goods skills - self organisation

• A passion for detail

• Flexible and creative

• Attention to detail

• Ability to review valve specifications and data sheets

 Desirable

• A qualification in Engineering

• Experience in the valve industry

General Information

Please Note

• The role is ideal for a motivated candidate with a desire to enhance his/her skills in a rapidly developing business.

•  Overseas travel may be required as part of this role

Salary

Negotiable depending on experience

Working Hours  38.3/4 hours per week

Monday to Thursday      : 8.00am – 4.45pm – lunch 12.30 to 13.00 (or as required).

Friday                           : 8.00am – 13.30pm – no lunch

Benefits

33 days annual leave made up of flexible, statutory and end of year shutdown holidays.

After 3 months service, access to a Health Care Cash Plan and Pension Scheme (with T&C applied)

Company Background

Founded in the United Kingdom September 1977, Alco Valves Ltd. was incorporated with the express purpose of manufacturing a comprehensive range of technically advanced, precision made, high integrity valve products and accessories. The latest engineering techniques and standards are applied in Alco’s ‘in-house’ machining facility and computerised drawing offices. With nearly four decades of success behind it, Alco Valves has expanded to form the Alco

Valves Group, comprising of six companies, operating in over thirty countries world-wide with its own office locations and partnerships around the world, with average growth of 15% over the last three years.

Over the years developing export markets has been a key strategy for Alco Valves Group and it is very proud to have been awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade for 2014 in recognition of the Company’s outstanding performance and demonstration of sustainable growth through increased trading worldwide. Today, Alco Valves Group supplies its products to customers in over 150 countries worldwide. 

Mission

To provide safe, defect free, instrumentation and pipeline products for industrial and scientific use. To meet and exceed our clients requirements, specifications and expectations. To provide customer service second to none, now and into the future.

Company General Policy Statement

Our Company policy is to safely and efficiently design, manufacture, assure quality, integrity test, package, sell and market the Alco brand name of world leading valve products. This offers our clients meaningful advantages whilst remaining forward facing, environmentally conscious and committed to the improvement of safety and the reduction of costs. The Alco Valves range is sold widely in domestic and international market places to recognised industrial and scientific users. We aim to deliver our products on time, at a reasonable cost with a high service level, with the intention of retaining profit for the company. This allows payment of suppliers, overheads and remuneration to our employees with the balance being used for improvement, inward capital investment, expansion, product research and development, certification and approvals by internationally recognised bodies. Millions of Alco products have been successfully installed and are in use by our clients today.

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Published: 26th September 2024