We have an exciting opportunity within our Internal Sales Team at our Milton Keynes site for a Senior Internal Sales Executive.   This role focuses on sales within the Transactional Aerospace Sales Team and supporting profitable growth within the business.

Please note this role is based full time at our Milton Keynes site.

Key responsibilities:

• The design and implementation of processes required for meeting the contractual deliverables of the Sales Team
• Supporting the budgeting process of the Contractual Accounts to meet EBIT/tkVA requirements
• To recognise and help develop areas of profitable growth for Contractual Accounts
• Ensure contract deliverables of the Sales Team are met, to include but not limited to service, quality, cost, and aftermarket
• Coordination of activities both internal and external to ensure contract deliverables are met
• Completion of sales quotations
• Supporting the creation of strategic proposals and bids
• Ownership of  customer’s material demand planning process, focusing on improving customer forecast accuracy, improving material availability and achievement of positive tkVA
• Sales order book management within SAP to ensure contract deliverables are met.
• Maintain regular customer stock lists & SAP contract reports and manage inventory levels.
• Purchase order requisitions and other documentations/processes to be completed in support of material purchasing
• Customer reporting and communications to include business reviews including regular status updates
• Work in conjunction with Sales Support to provide efficient and effective customer service
• Work in conjunction with Credit Control on cash collection and credit limits
• Master data creation and integrity within SAP
• To ensure all functions are performed in accordance with tk compliance requirements
• To seek out opportunities for ‘Materials as a Service’ ethos
• To develop accounts to Key Account status and pass ‘up stream’

About you:

Essential knowledge /skills /experience /behaviours:

• Contract management experience
• Proven track record of customer development
• Commercial awareness & negotiation skills
• Customer service focus
• Analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal / communication skills
• PC literate with a strong working knowledge of windows based applications
• Flexible, adaptable and prepared to learn

Your benefits with us:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Company bonus scheme 
• Company pension scheme
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Employee high street vouchers & discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Christmas savings scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Wellbeing events
• Recognition Portal
• Rewards Portal
• Company events
• Car Salary Exchange Scheme
• Company share schemes
• Christmas Closedown

This is us – your new employer

thyssenkrupp Materials UK operates a network of 9 sites with just under 500 employees in England and Northern Ireland which are; Preston, Darton, Birmingham, Central Warehouse, Head Office & Fabrications (Cradley Heath, Birmingham), Milton Keynes, Swindon, and 2 in Belfast. We offer a vast range of material products such as stainless steel, aluminium and mild steel. We also provide a range of services, whether it be fully welded and fabricated finished parts or bespoke flat products cut to exact sizes. We have years of experience in the aerospace, construction and architecture, automotive and the general engineering industries.

With around 480 locations in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor and service provider in the western world. The broad service spectrum offered by the materials experts enables customers to focus on their individual core business. The area of Materials Services spans two strategic areas: global materials distribution as a one-stop-shop – from steel and stainless steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials – and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide cross-channel, round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A highly efficient logistics system ensures that all requested services are smoothly integrated into customer production processes “just-in-time” or “just-in-sequence”.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, disability, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove this advert prior to the advertised expiry date, dependent on the level of response received.  You are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to supply individual feedback at the CV review stage.