Technical Sales Engineer

Job Details

Technical Sales Engineer

Date: Jan 31, 2025

Location: Derbyshire, WLL, GB

Company: MSC Industrial Supply

When it comes to performance, skills and experience don’t tell the whole story. They only tell us what to do in known, predictable, and contextual situations.

We look for attributes as they tell us how you behave in all situations, particularly unknown, challenging, or stressful ones when you can’t apply your learnt skills.

We have big ambitions and we need people who work here to have big ambitions too.

To achieve our growth plans we need talented and driven people who are curious and comfortable with uncertainty and step outside their comfort zone to learn and try new things.

If you’re the kind of person who rolls up your sleeves and gets stuck in, we want to hear from you!

Watch HERE to find out what it takes to be successful and build a better career at MSC.

Requisition ID : 17542

Employment Type : Full Time

Job Category : Engineering / Integration

Work Location : Wednesbury, UK

Potential Work Location : United Kingdom : England : Derbyshire

The Engineering team supports our Sales Team by taking the lead on Technical Solutions within our core customers, identifying better processes for Continuous Improvements, efficiency gains, lean principles all aligning with their business goals and objectives.

Are you looking to take your career to the next level? When you join MSC we offer you more than just a job, we provide the opportunity to grow and develop, helping you build your career. Great businesses need great people – that’s where you come in!

What’s in it for you?

At MSC, you will be able to shape your role and develop your career. We believe in continuous growth, offering ongoing coaching, mentoring, and a culture of personal and professional development.

In addition to career growth, we offer generous benefits:

Holiday entitlement: 25 days of holiday + bank holidays + a paid day off for your birthday
Company Pension Scheme: Matched up to 10% of your annual salary
Life Insurance: 6x your annual salary
Private Medical
Healthcare Support: Discounted health cash plan and private medical insurance
Exclusive Discounts: Access to discounts and rewards across popular brands for shopping, travel, and more

What will you be doing?

Changing customer expectations of what Technical Solutions looks like by delivering:
Process improvements
Cost reductions
Lean principles
Tooling consolidation and rationalisation
Tool Trials
Tool Recommendations including speeds and feeds based on material
Manufacturing solutions
Proactively support and grow existing consignment customers in your territory
Be an integral part of new business wins, leading the conversation with our Metal Working offering
Communicate and collaborate with Internal/External sales teams and business development to grow territory
Coach and develop the Field Sales team utilising extensive product and industry knowledge.
Develop key relationships with strategic suppliers to support regional growth plans.
Any other duties in line with business and departmental needs
Promote and sell MSC’s product range to achieve growth targets

What else will you need

We trust that our people will be able to teach you the role-specific skills, but for you to truly succeed at MSC you will embody our values and these significantly important attributes; ones that MSC believes embody talent within our business.

Connections: Your interpersonal skills; how well you manage relationships, and how rewarding you are to deal with

Thinking: The abilities you draw upon to solve problems, learn, and be agile

Creativity: How adept you are at creating solutions and working with change.

Drive: Your level of ambition. The pace, energy, and enthusiasm applied to activities

Ultimately, we identify talent in people who can demonstrate our values, and the behaviours required to thrive in our business. So, if you can operate effectively in a team, demonstrate customer-centricity, and are eager to make a difference then we would love to hear from you – apply today!

Why MSC?

As one of the UK’s Best Companies (awarded 3 Star by Best Companies), we care about our associates.

The journey to the best version of you, starts with us. If you’re searching for an employer that will enable you to learn, grow and make a difference, you’ve found it.

You will feel a sense of purpose and belonging as we allow our people to have a voice and the opportunity to make a genuine impact

We have created a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where we treat our associates as adults and give them autonomy to make decisions, take risks and learn from mistakes.

You will be encouraged to challenge the norm, make decisions and take ownership to make changes, enabling you to significantly contribute towards our business success.

Our people-centric culture will encourage you to continuously develop, both professionally and personally.

From our culture to our forward-thinking leadership, you’ll soon realise that you have an incredible opportunity here to be your best self.

Whether your career path is vertical or squiggly we’d love to watch you grow and reach your full potential with us

Watch HERE to find out what it’s like to work at MSC and join us as we continue to build team of people doing their best work

We won’t just give you a job, we’ll enable you to be yourself, discover opportunity, unlock your potential, and design your career.