At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive sales growth and deliver exceptional customer experiences in a dynamic engineering environment.
- Company: Join Spirax Sarco, a global leader in steam system solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, and 27 days holiday plus more.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with support for personal and professional development.
- Why this job: Kickstart your sales career with real impact and growth opportunities.
- Qualifications: Passion for sales, strong communication skills, and a desire to learn.
The predicted salary is between 29700 - 36300 £ per year.
Start Your Sales Career with a Global Engineering Leader
Are you looking to launch or accelerate your career in sales within a world-class engineering organisation? At Spirax Sarco, we are trusted experts in steam system solutions, helping customers improve efficiency, sustainability, and performance across a wide range of industries.
We are now looking for an ambitious, driven Internal Sales Engineer (ISE) to join our high-performing UK team. This is a fantastic opportunity to build both commercial and technical expertise, working at the heart of our business while developing a pathway into field-based and strategic account roles.
The Role
As an Internal Sales Engineer, you will take full ownership of a defined customer portfolio, proactively driving revenue growth and delivering exceptional customer experiences through a consultative sales approach. You will balance high-volume proactive engagement with targeted account development, identifying opportunities, nurturing relationships, and creating value for both customers and the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop an assigned customer portfolio (typically 700–800 accounts)
- Deliver approximately 1,900 proactive outbound sales calls per year (~9 per day)
- Achieve agreed sales and order targets across: End users (including on-site resellers & FM providers) and OEM customers
- Identify, develop and convert new business opportunities
- Proactively manage a secondary portfolio of 20–30 high-potential target accounts
- Develop accounts to transition into ASE (Area Sales Engineer) managed status
- Promote the full Spirax Sarco offering, including products, systems, services, and training
- Follow up and convert leads into revenue opportunities
- Negotiate and close commercial agreements
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date information within CRM systems
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support campaigns, service delivery, and customer success
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone with energy, resilience, and a passion for building relationships and delivering results. Whether you already have sales experience or are looking to break into a technical sales environment, this role offers a strong foundation for growth.
Experience & Knowledge
- Experience in customer service, sales, or account management
- Exposure to new business development
- Basic understanding of steam and condensate systems (advantageous but not essential)
Skills & Competencies
- Strong commercial awareness and customer-focused mindset
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Highly organised with the ability to multitask and prioritise effectively
- Proactive, results-driven, and self-motivated
- Resilient and persuasive in a target-driven environment
- Strong IT and CRM system capability
- Desire to develop technical knowledge and sales expertise
- Collaborative approach with internal teams
Your Future Starts Here
If you’re looking for a role where you can develop, grow, and succeed in a commercially driven engineering environment, this is your opportunity. Apply today and start your journey with Spirax Sarco.
Benefits
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, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal.
We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
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.
We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working. 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.
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.
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