Technical Sales Representative

Location: cairns
Salary: Salary + car + bonuses
Job Type: permanent
Contact: David Kettle
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Technical Sales Representative to take ownership of an established territory across Cairns, Atherton and Innisfail.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced sales professional with a technical or electrical background, or an ambitious electrical tradesperson looking to take the next step into a customer-facing sales career.

About the Role
Reporting to the State Sales Manager, you will be responsible for growing your territory by developing strong relationships with electrical wholesalers, contractors and end users, identifying new opportunities and becoming a trusted partner to your customers.
You will have the autonomy to manage your territory, build relationships in the market and drive sales growth across an established customer base.
This is a highly customer-focused role where your ability to understand customer needs, identify opportunities and provide the right technical solution will be key to your success.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and grow the Cairns, Atherton and Innisfail territory
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with electrical contractors, wholesalers and end users
  • Proactively identify and develop new business opportunities
  • Conduct regular customer visits and understand their changing requirements
  • Promote technical products and solutions through consultative selling
  • Provide product advice, demonstrations and customer training
  • Manage the sales process from opportunity identification through to completion
  • Achieve agreed sales, revenue and profit targets
  • Monitor market activity, competitor movements and customer feedback
  • Work closely with wholesale partners to support stock, merchandising and promotional activity
  • Maintain accurate CRM records and sales forecasts
  • Stay up to date with new products, technical developments and industry trends

About You
We're looking for someone who is driven, proactive and genuinely enjoys dealing with customers.
You may come from:
  • Electrical wholesale or distribution
  • Technical or B2B sales
  • Electrical product sales
  • An electrical trade background looking to move into sales
  • Another technical trade or industrial environment
You'll ideally bring:
  • Experience in a sales, trade or technical environment
  • Strong relationship-building and communication skills
  • The confidence to engage with contractors and customers
  • A proactive approach to identifying and winning new business
  • Strong technical aptitude and a willingness to learn
  • The ability to work autonomously and manage your own territory
  • Good organisation and follow-through
  • A positive, energetic and solutions-focused attitude
  • The drive and ambition to build a long-term sales career


What's On Offer?
  • Performance-based bonus structure
  • Established Cairns/Far North Queensland territory
  • Structured onboarding and ongoing product training
  • Access to continuous professional development
  • Supportive and collaborative sales environment
  • Opportunity to develop your technical and commercial sales capability
  • Long-term career progression within a global organisation
  • Work within the growing electrification and smart technology sector

The Opportunity
This is more than simply managing a patch.
You'll have the opportunity to own your territory, build genuine customer relationships and make a measurable impact on sales growth across Far North Queensland.
If you're an ambitious sales professional, or an electrical tradesperson ready to make the move into sales, we'd like to hear from you.

Apply now or contact David Kettle at Six Degrees Executive 0480 002 516 for a confidential discussion.

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