Technical Sales Specialist – Coatings

Our client is a market leader in high‑performance aerospace, transport and industrial coatings. We’re searching for a commercially driven, technically confident Technical Sales Specialist to accelerate growth, develop partnerships and help to shape future product innovation.

This is a high‑impact role for a proven technical and commercial professional who thrives in complex, regulated environments and enjoys working closely with the complete coatings value chain including OEM and MRO.

• Drive revenue, margin and market growth across aerospace, transport and industrial coating sectors.
• Own and expand key accounts, building long‑term strategic relationships.
• Identify and convert new business opportunities and applications.
• Provide first‑line technical support, interpreting specifications and advising on coating systems, application and standards.
• Support trials, approvals, demonstrations and new product/application development.
• Lead proposals, tenders, pricing and commercial negotiations.
• Represent the company at global exhibitions, conferences and customer events.
• Maintain accurate CRM data, forecasts and market intelligence.

• Background in formulation, or the application techniques for high performance technical coatings
• A track record in technical sales, business development or key account management within the industry.
• Confident communicator able to engage technical, commercial and regulatory stakeholders.
• Good industrial experience
• Awareness of export controls, quality systems and compliance
• Willingness to travel across the UK and internationally around 60% of the time to manage complex customer programmes.
• Hold a full UK driving license
• Have the right to work in the UK. Our client is unable to support or sponsor visa applications

• Client focused, personable individual
• Driven to develop opportunity and revenue growth
• Excellent at developing long term personal and business relationships
• Able to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Professional, collaborative, and results-oriented.
• Used to navigate long specification development, testing, approval and sales cycles

• Year‑on‑year sales growth.
• New approvals, product introductions and market penetration.
• High customer satisfaction and strong retention of key accounts.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a respected and growing business with an ambitious vision for growth, backed by the expertise, heritage and global reputation of an internationally recognised high performance coatings manufacturer.