Area Sales Engineer - Dublin

<div id="RadEditorStyleKeeper1" style="display:none;"> </div><style reoriginalpositionmarker="RadEditorStyleKeeper1"> .job-advert * { font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.1 !important; color: #000000 !important; font-family: Arial !important; } </style> <div class="job-advert"> <p><strong><font size="3">Area Sales Engineer - Dublin</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="3">Location:Dublin (Remote)<br><br></font></strong></p><p><font size="3"></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><font size="3"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Role Overview:</span></b></font></p><font size="3"> <p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Spirax Sarco Engineering technologies touch lives every day. From the food you eat to the medicines you take, our steam and thermal energy solutions play a vital role in industries such as <span>food & beverage, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals</span>. We are now looking for a <span>highly motivated Area Sales Engineer</span> to join our high performing sales team in <span>Dublin</span>, covering the <span>greater Leinster territory</span>. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, enthusiastic individual to drive real orders growth and make a tangible impact in a thriving region.</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">As an Area Sales Engineer, you will contribute to Spirax Sarco’s purpose of engineering a more efficient, safer, and sustainable world. You will manage a defined customer portfolio, delivering profitable growth through a <span>Total Customer Solutions</span> approach. This field-based role is ideal for someone who thrives on building relationships, solving problems, and delivering value.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"=""><b>Your objectives and responsibilities will focus on…</b></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"=""><b>Deliver Real Terms Orders & Sales Growth</b></span></p> <ul><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Develop and execute territory and account plans to meet sales and profit targets.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Proactively manage and develop customer accounts through targeted field sales visits and execute solution selling in line with go-to-market strategy. </span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Identify and qualify new opportunities using Customer Value Propositions (CVPs) in order to develop and propose value adding engineering solutions.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Take ownership, maintain and manage a balanced opportunity pipeline using CRM tools ensuring an effective accurate forecast is delivered.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Apply a value-based selling approach to ensure fair value exchange.<br></span></li></ul> <p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"=""><b>Strengthen Customer Focus</b></span></p> <ul><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Build long-term relationships with end-users, contractors, OEMs, resellers, and consultants.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Use consultative selling techniques to uncover customer needs and deliver tailored solutions.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Maintain accurate customer records and deliver on commitments.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Maximise engagement value through structured visits and follow-ups.</span></li></ul></font><p></p><p><font size="3"></font></p><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"=""><strong>Your previous experience is likely to include….</strong></span></font></div><ul><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Minimum 3 years of field-based sales experience, within a technical discipline, ideally in steam, process, or thermal energy solutions.</span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Industry process and application knowledge with the ability to learn complex technical subjects.</span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Demonstrable experience in solution sales, account management and business development. </span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Experience in sectors such as Hospitals, Pharmaceuticals, or Food & Beverage is highly desirable.</span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.</span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Recognised Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Business Management qualification, or strong evidence of relevant experience within a similar industry.   </span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and a drive to “get things done”.</span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Ability to collaborate across a matrix organisation and build lasting customer relationships</span></font></li></ul><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"=""><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"=""><strong>To be successful in this role you will…</strong></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"=""><br></span></font></div><ul><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Uphold company values and safety standards in all interactions.</span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Continuously improve technical and commercial knowledge.</span></font></li><li><font size="3"><span style="font-family: " segoe="" ui";"="">Collaborate effectively across all functional teams to deliver seamless customer experiences whilst ensuring any problems/barriers affecting realisation of potential business, or opportunities for improvement, are highlighted with proposed resolutions.</span></font></li></ul><div></div><p></p><p><font size="3">The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.</font></p><p><font size="3">Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.</font></p><p><font size="3">Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!</font></p><p><font size="3">Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.</font></p><p><strong><font size="3">Benefits</font></strong></p><p><font size="3">You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.</font></p><p><strong><font size="3">Everyone is Included at Spirax Group</font></strong></p><p><font size="3">We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.</font></p><p><font size="3">We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.</font></p><p><font size="3">We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at <a href="https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments" target="_blank">https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments</a>.</font></p><p><font size="3">We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.</font></p><div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/756791187?h=2c5494ead5&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://sseacademy.csod.com/clientimg/sseacademy/jobAdUploads/wmfts_footer.png" alt="" style=""></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p></div>

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