Technical sales recruitment
Headhunt an experienced sector specialist, recruit and develop a junior, or bring proven sales expertise into your industry — for engineering, manufacturing and industrial technology businesses.
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Start with the role
Start with the role or business requirement — not a recruitment label.
Find · recruit · develop
Relevant commercial experience and industry knowledge from the outset. Performance and suitability still require assessment against your actual role.
Explore recruitmentBuild future capability through realistic responsibilities, practical training and coaching. Not a cheaper replacement for an experienced salesperson.
Entry level and junior sales peopleEstablished selling skills and a wider search pool. Transferability and technical learning must be examined for fit with your products.
Explore recruitmentHow we work
Take a detailed brief and build a candidate profile with you, based on your ideal person
Map the market to determine the most likely target sources of candidates
Commence outreach to those prospects
Engage with candidates and shortlist them against your criteria — using a combination of interviewing and testing
Provide candidate summaries and explain the evidence behind our assessment
Coordinate interviews and feedback through to offer and acceptance
All information is stated subject to confirmation. We make no universal shortlist-deadline promise — the right candidates take the time the brief requires.
Within junior recruitment & development
Where development is part of the answer, Velocity Sales Lab adds practical sales training and coaching — built into the hire, not a separate brand for you to navigate.
It brings together Des Gaeney's recruitment background and Mark Moore's technical sales training and coaching expertise.
Your business provides product training. Velocity Sales Lab provides sales training and coaching — how to sell those products, to your customers, in your market.
Entry level and junior sales peopleFor overseas manufacturers
For overseas manufacturers and industrial technology businesses establishing a UK sales presence — recruitment for the UK market, handled by specialists who know it.
Why employers work with us
Specialist in technical sales recruitment for engineering, manufacturing and industrial technology businesses.
A large, market-focused LinkedIn network — built and maintained over more than 20 years — keeping us in touch with technical salespeople and employers across the UK.
Named recruiters you deal with directly — Des Gaeney and Robin O'Donovan.
Transparent service boundaries, a clear process and accessible information on fees and terms.
A note on scope: ETS does not recruit software roles.
The people you work with
Des Gaeney
Technical Sales Recruiter
Des specialises in recruiting technical salespeople for engineering, manufacturing and industrial technology businesses. He also works with Velocity Sales Lab to connect recruitment with practical sales training and development. His LinkedIn network, developed over more than 20 years, keeps him in direct contact with technical sales talent across the UK.
Connect with Des on LinkedInRobin O'Donovan
Technical Sales Recruiter
Robin specialises in recruiting technical salespeople for engineering, manufacturing and industrial technology businesses, helping employers identify candidates suited to their products, customers and commercial requirements.
Connect with Robin on LinkedInRequesting information does not commit you to an assignment.
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