Technical Sales Manager - Tooling

echnical Sales Manager – Tooling Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire (covering Southern UK – commutable from Fareham, Havant, Waterlooville, Chichester, Southampton and surrounding areas) Salary: Up to £65,000 + excellent package (depending on experience) Hours: Monday–Friday (office, customer visits and home working as required) Start: ASAP Type: Permanent Combine your tooling expertise with a commercial career in a business that values technical knowledge. If you've built your career designing, manufacturing or working with mould tooling and are looking to move into a more customer-focused role, this is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established precision engineering manufacturer supplying specialist tooling solutions across the UK. Working closely with customers in the rubber and plastics industries, you'll become the technical expert they rely on, helping develop tooling solutions from concept through to manufacture while growing an established customer base across Southern England. What's in it for you * Up to £65,000 starting salary (depending on experience) * Excellent benefits package * Company car or car allowance * Opportunity to inherit an established customer base * Full technical sales training and mentoring where required * Long-term career progression within a growing engineering business * Autonomy to manage your own territory What you'll be doing * Managing an established portfolio of customers across Southern UK * Responding to technical RFQs for mould tooling and converting enquiries into orders * Working with customers at concept stage to develop practical tooling solutions * Producing accurate quotations and refining specifications as projects develop * Advising customers on tooling design, manufacturability and production considerations * Building relationships with tooling engineers, project engineers and technical buyers * Identifying and developing new business opportunities through networking, prospecting and industry events * Working closely with the engineering and production teams in Portsmouth to deliver customer projects What we're looking for We're looking for someone with a strong technical background in tooling who enjoys working with customers and solving engineering problems. You'll ideally have experience in one or more of the following: Rubber mould tooling Plastic injection mould tooling Toolmaking Mould tool design You'll also be able to: Read and interpret engineering drawings and tooling concepts Understand mould design considerations including shrinkage, undercuts and manufacturability Recommend practical tooling solutions based on real manufacturing experience Communicate confidently with engineers, technical buyers and manufacturing teams Previous technical sales experience would be advantageous, but it isn't essential. The business is happy to train someone with strong tooling knowledge who has the personality and ambition to develop into a successful Technical Sales Manager. About you You'll be someone who enjoys building relationships and isn't afraid to get out in front of customers. You'll be: A confident communicator Commercially aware Organised and responsive Comfortable visiting customers across your region Keen to develop new business as well as manage existing accounts Passionate about engineering and tooling Working pattern This is a varied role combining: Time at the Portsmouth facility working with engineering and production teams Customer visits across Southern England Office and remote working where appropriate Your schedule will be driven by customer requirements rather than fixed office days