international – Technical Sales Recruitment

28th Nov 202528th Nov 2025 Technical Sales Headhunter Aerospace, Defence, European Recruitment, Headhunting Project, Jobs, sales engineer

Technical Sales – Aerospace & Defence

I’m pleased to share that we are now leading a retained search project for an Area Sales Manager / Technical Sales Manager on behalf of a long-established European technology business supplying high-reliability engineered components and sub assemblies into defence and aerospace platforms.

This is a high-autonomy, technical/business development role — ideally suited to commercially minded engineers or technical sales professionals who enjoy:

🔹 Selling complex, engineered technology rather than catalogue products
🔹 Engaging with engineering teams, programme managers & procurement
🔹 Working on long sales cycles and early design-stage influence
🔹 Building deep, trusted customer relationships rather than chasing price-driven deals

The successful candidate will be responsible for expanding business with major aerospace & defence OEMs and system integrators across the UK (primary) and Northern Europe (secondary), supported by strong technical expertise, product specialists and European leadership.

💼 What makes this opportunity stand out

Freedom to operate with genuine ownership of the market
Selling bespoke, application-specific solutions — not competing on price
A company that makes quick decisions and supports its people properly
Excellent onboarding and technical training across Europe
A realistic first-year success metric based on pipeline and activity, not unrealistic revenue targets

This will suit someone with experience in technical or engineered solution sales — ideally within defence, aerospace, rugged electronics, RF/microwave, opto-electronics, sensors or a closely related sector.

📩 Interested in a confidential discussion?

If you’re exploring your next move
Or you know someone who would be a great fit

I’d be very happy to speak, in confidence, so do get in touch.

7th Aug 2024 Technical Sales Headhunter Uncategorized

Completed Assignment – Production Line Equipment and Accessories

The Advantages of Partnering with Aarca Recruitment

When it comes to executive search and recruitment, working with a specialized and dedicated agency like Aarca Recruitment can make a significant difference. Here’s a compelling example of how our Executive Search service ensures a smooth and efficient hiring process, delivering top-tier candidates swiftly and effectively.

In early July, a world leader from Sweden in specialist manufacturing production line products and accessories approached Aarca Recruitment with a critical assignment: to find a UK Account Manager. This project demonstrated the efficiency and expertise that define our service. By mid-July, we had already identified and interviewed four exceptional candidates, scheduling second interviews for the end of July. The company conducted final interviews in Sweden and made an offer to their preferred candidate, who is due to start at the beginning of September.

Key Advantages of Working with Aarca Recruitment

1. Rapid and Efficient Process: Our process is streamlined to ensure quick turnaround times. From the initial approach in early July to the candidate starting in early September, the entire process was completed in a matter of weeks. This speed is crucial for companies needing to fill critical positions without delay.

2. Boutique-Style Service: Aarca Recruitment operates with a boutique approach, focusing on a small number of projects at a time. This ensures that each assignment receives our full attention and dedicated resources, leading to more effective and personalized service. Our commitment to handling one project at a time until completion guarantees that clients receive the best possible outcomes.

3. High-Quality Candidates: We leverage our extensive network and industry expertise to identify and attract top-tier talent. The four candidates we presented were all excellent matches for the role, showcasing our ability to find and vet high-quality professionals.

4. Personalized Attention: By focusing on fewer projects, we can provide a level of personalized attention that larger agencies might not be able to offer. This tailored approach allows us to understand our clients’ unique needs and culture, ensuring that the candidates we present are not only qualified but also a good fit for the organization.

Success Stories

This recent project is just one example of how Aarca Recruitment’s dedicated and focused approach benefits our clients. Our ability to quickly identify and secure top talent helps companies maintain their competitive edge and achieve their business goals without interruption.

Why Choose Aarca Recruitment?

Sometimes, small is beautiful. Instead of being just one in a pool of gradually increasing hundreds of clients with a large agency, come and speak to us, where you are always our top priority. Partnering with Aarca Recruitment means leveraging our boutique style, industry expertise, and personalized attention to ensure your recruitment needs are met swiftly and effectively.

If you’re looking for a reliable partner to help you find experienced sales engineers or technical sales staff, look no further than Aarca Recruitment.

For more information about our services, visit our website or contact us directly to discuss your specific needs. We look forward to helping you find the talent you need to drive your business forward.

13th Oct 202213th Oct 2022 Technical Sales Headhunter Headhunting Project, Services

Benefits of using our Headhunting Service

As a seasoned headhunter I constantly watch the job market for people with specific and specialised technical sales skills. For your company, there are a more than a few advantages to working with myself as a headhunter:

1. Reduce the time and effort recruiting: Posting job openings and reviewing an influx of cv’s or résumés takes a lot of time and effort that you could be spending elsewhere. With myself headhunting for you, you receive a much more focussed batch of potential candidates, all of whom have been pre-qualified. Saving you time and money.

2. As a headhunter I can identify off-market candidates. I specialise in finding and carefully approach individuals who may not be presently on the job market but who would be an ideal fit for the vacancy. Why restrict yourself to candidates that are sending out CVs to a multitude of jobs when the real gems will only be aware of your opportunity if we approach them directly for you.

3. I only work with one or two clients at any one time. Due to the fact we are boutique in our approach and not a larger agency (nearly all of which are purely targeted at getting numbers of new vacancies signed up), your project stays as our top priority through to completion. You will not be pushed down the list as we get more and more new vacancies each day / week. The project will be completed in a very timely manner as a result.

So stop wasting time, effort and money and speak to me today regards developing and expanding your team, to ensure you are made aware of the best talent available in the marketplace by utilising our unmatched executive search capabilities.

23rd Sep 202223rd Sep 2022 Technical Sales Headhunter Completed Projects, European Recruitment, Headhunting Project

Completed Assignment – Thermal Technology

Once again an Executive Search project was quickly completed successfully within just a few weeks of starting the assignment. Approached at the end of July by a European Specialist in Thermal Applications to find them a UK Sales Manager, by the middle of August we had three excellent candidates and the company made an offer to their preferred choice at the start of September. So yet another company benefitted from the fact that Aarca is boutique style and only works on a small number of projects (usually one) at a time until completion.

Sometimes small is beautiful, so instead of being just one in a pool of gradually increasing hundreds of clients with a large agency, come and speak to us, where you are always our top priority.

23rd Aug 2022 Technical Sales Headhunter Completed Projects, Headhunting Project

Completed Recruitment Assignment – Pump Industry

Another headhunting project completed successfully within just a few weeks of starting the assignment. Approached by a German company in the pump / waste-water / biogas sectors to find a UK Sales Engineer, the company benefitted from the fact that Aarca only works on a small number of projects at a time until completion.

This allowed us to quickly focus and unearth the right candidates without being distracted like most agencies by the need to get more vacancies on and split our time between projects and business development.

Sole focus meant we already had a candidate shortlist available after just a week or so of starting our search, and another happy International Client offering one of the candidates the position within a few weeks.