Sales Engineer Aftermarket & Proposals
Location: Dumbarton
Ready to make your application Please do read through the description at least once before clicking on Apply.Full-time | Permanent | 37 hours per week (Flexi-time)Salary: £30,000 £35,000
Talent Media is delighted to be working in partnership with our client, a specialist engineering business operating within the industrial engineering sector.
We are supporting the appointment of a commercially astute Sales Engineer Aftermarket & Proposals to join their growing Sales function.
This is a key role focused on managing RFQs, developing technical proposals and converting opportunities into profitable orders. Youll act as a focal point for customer communication, ensuring aftermarket solutions including parts, retrofit and equipment upgrades align with client requirements and business objectives.
The Opportunity
This position would suit a technically strong, commercially aware sales professional with experience in engineering-led environments. Youll play a central role in evaluating enquiries, preparing competitive tenders and building long-term customer relationships across defined territories.
Youll work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure orders are commercially sound, technically accurate and deliverable within agreed cost and timescales.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate enquiries and prepare detailed quotations and tenders
- Liaise with customers regarding new enquiries and revised quotes, working to defined turnaround times
- Prepare and present proposals (electronically and occasionally face-to-face)
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships to drive repeat and new business
- Maximise margin opportunities within agreed parameters
- Follow up quotations to improve conversion rates
- Review and handover confirmed orders to internal teams
- Support annual price reviews and customer agreements
- Liaise internally to resolve technical and commercial queries
- Provide accurate status reporting to support planning and manufacturing
- Identify opportunities for up-selling and business growth
About You
- Experience within a technical sales or engineering-led environment
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings
- Strong commercial awareness and customer focus
- Confident communicator with the ability to build credible client relationships
- Detail-oriented with a proactive, solutions-led mindset
- Comfortable managing multiple enquiries and deadlines
An engineering qualification (HNC or equivalent) or relevant technical background would be advantageous. xwzovoh
Package & Benefits
- Salary £30,000 £35,000
- 37 hours per week
- Monday to Friday, 9.00am 5.00pm with flexi-time
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme (6% employee / 6% employer contribution)
- Permanent opportunity within a stable and growing engineering business
Apply today or contact Talent Media for a confidential conversation.…