Sales Engineering Internship in Birmingham

If you've ever walked through an automatic door, stayed in a hotel, or gone through passport control, you've probably used one of our products or services. We have a fantastic opportunity available in Key and Asset Management for a Sales Engineer.

Part of Global Solutions, Key and Asset Management provides intelligent management solutions for keys and equipment. Our key cabinets and locker solutions help all types of organizations better control their important assets, improving productivity and accountability, and reducing risk in critical processes.

As the Sales Engineer for the Global Solutions division of ASSA ABLOY, you will be responsible for providing focused pre-sales technical and solution support to the Traka UK sales team and post-sales support to the wider Traka UK team, existing clients, and authorised third parties. Reporting to the Traka UK Technical Manager, you will:

• Offer practical and technical assistance with product demonstrations and answer technical questions for the sales team and customers directly.
• Translate customer requirements into achievable solutions and engage directly with the R&D team to put forward developments if required.
• Develop technical specifications and design integrated key and asset management solutions.
• Complete appropriate solution documentation as part of the pre-sales process forming the basis of a scope of works for the ongoing project team.
• Lead remote or onsite technical discussions from pre-sales stage through to post-sales support.
• Support the sales team with customer demonstrations of the Traka product either remotely or in person.
• Assist in the provision of a technical certification training program.
• Assist the project implementation team with the implementation of complex solutions including but not limited to integrations, SSO, and unique solutions designed by the team.
• Project manage any technical solutions that require direct sales engineering project management.
• Collect sales and technical information to assist with the creation of development requests.
• Carry out training of end users in conjunction with the operations team.
• Promote and act in accordance with Traka health and safety policy at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the manager or Senior Sales Engineers from time to time.

Requirements:

• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Experience in solution design, review, and deployment.
• Experience in software installation ideally with the integration of different platforms.
• General IT experience in Microsoft products including Word, Excel, SQL, etc.
• Networking (TCP/IP) knowledge and experience.
• Due to the nature of the role, travel may be required and a full driver licence is mandatory.

Benefits:

• 25 paid holidays a year plus bank holidays, increasing to 28 following 5 years of service.
• Ex-gratia day for Christmas Eve.
• Pension; Life assurance 3 x basic salary; Employee Referral Scheme.
• ASSA ABLOY Family Brand Discount (Yale).
• Free Specsavers eye care voucher.
• Annual discretionary bonus after qualifying time with the company.
• Cycle2work scheme.
• Length of Service Recognition.

We will review applications continuously, so please apply as soon as possible. Featuring four times in Forbes most innovative companies worldwide, we deliver innovative, safe, and convenient security solutions that provide real added value to our customers. As a group, our goal is to help billions of people experience a more open world every day.