Digital Sales Opportunity

Digital Sales Opportunity

Location: Northampton office (NN4 7PW), then working towards hybrid / remote
Working Hours: 08:00-17:00, Monday to Friday

We are a leading polymer bearings and energy chain systems manufacturing company based in Brackmills

Are you looking to join an organisation to build your career while using your digital expertise?

To drive our growth and evolve as a digital organisation we have a new opportunity for a the-chain digital salesperson to contact and visit our customers virtually. Sales experience is not required, but an interest in engineering, expertise working digitally, customer relations, and problem-solving is required.

Job Description

This role is 100% digital and covers the the-chain side of our business. The successful candidates will be fully competent with using two cameras on Microsoft Teams – one for a headshot and the other for simultaneous product demonstrations. You will digitally visit igus customers and prospective customers to discuss, understand, solve problems, and showcase igus products digitally. You will demonstrate our market-leading products and engineering capability to provide exceptional solutions. Our customers are in industrial manufacturing, and igus is a very strong brand within this sector.

• Job Responsibilities
• Contacting customers digitally
• Analysing customer dashboards to identify which customers to contact
• Being proactive and searching for opportunities
• Using our CRM and ERP system to identify leads
• Finding engineering solutions to customer requirements digitally
• Showcasing our range of products virtually
• Using the igus showroom to virtually host customer meetings and demonstrations
  

Skills Required:

• Ability to self-manage your week while maintaining high productivity levels
• Excellent communicator to build relationships with customers and stakeholders
• Confident on the phone and Microsoft Teams to communicate with customers and stakeholders
• A track record of pro-actively working in a digital environment
• Expertise in digital technology
• An inquisitive and problem-solving approach
• An interest or experience in engineering (e.g., are you intrigued about the way things work?)
• Proficient in using LinkedIn

Benefits:
• 33 days annual leave (this includes bank holidays)
• We have trained mental health first aiders to help employees that are developing mental health problems, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis

We have partnered with an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to help improve happiness and financial wellbeing in the workplace
• Subsidised flu jabs
• Subsidised optical care
• Annual enrolment for Health care cash plan
• We promote flexible working to maintain work-life balance wherever possible

• Free parking (site is accessible through most routes in Northampton)
• We pride ourselves on the family-feel culture, social events are enjoyed by all, including our ever-popular summer BBQ’s and Christmas parties

Check out our careers information page to find out how you can have a successful future with igus: www.igus.co.uk/info/igus-uk. If you are interested in this position, please apply to uk-ipeople@igus.co.uk