Area Sales Manager

Verto People; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leading engineering manufacturer is seeking an experienced Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer to join their team. This role involves managing key accounts and promoting a full range of pressure and temperature instrumentation, covering Scotland remotely. Ideal candidates will have experience in sales or business development within engineering and a strong ability to nurture client relationships across various sectors. The opportunity also offers a competitive salary package including a company car and benefits.

Benefits

Bonus

Company car

Pension

Private medical care

Qualifications

• Experience in sales or business development within engineering or instrumentation.
• Ability to manage own schedule and conduct customer visits.
• Motivated to expand business relationships across various sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage key accounts across distribution and OEM customers.
• Develop new business while nurturing existing customer relationships.
• Promote a range of pressure and temperature instruments.
• Collaborate with internal sales for after-sales service.
• Provide tailored solutions by liaising with technical departments.

Skills

Key Account Management

Sales Engineering

Customer Relationship Management

Technical Sales

Product Demonstration

Job description

Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager required to join a global leading engineering manufacturer.

The successful candidate will work remotely, covering Scotland, and will promote a full range of pressure and temperature instrumentation, including pressure gauges, pressure switches, sensors, thermometers, and temperature switches.

The candidate should ideally have experience selling or managing key accounts for mechanical, process, or industrial engineering products, particularly instrumentation products such as pressure, temperature, flow, level, or analytical measurement instruments. Full product and technical training will be provided.

Package

• £45,000 - £50,000 (depending on experience)
• Bonus
• Company car
• Pension
• Private medical care

Role

• Manage a portfolio of key accounts across distribution and OEM customers within the mechanical and process industries.
• Develop new business and grow existing relationships across sectors such as chemical, food & beverage, oil & gas, power generation, and water.
• Promote a wide range of pressure and temperature instruments, including gauges, switches, and sensors.
• Maintain and expand sales through product demonstrations, exhibitions, and negotiations to achieve growth targets.
• Collaborate closely with the Internal Sales team to ensure outstanding after-sales service.
• Liaise with technical and engineering departments to provide tailored customer solutions.
• Work remotely, covering Scotland.

Requirements

• Experience as a Key Account Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Engineer, Business Development Manager, or Technical Sales Engineer within an engineering or instrumentation environment.
• Proven experience conducting face-to-face customer visits and managing your own appointment schedule.
• Ideally experienced in selling or supporting mechanical or industrial instrumentation products such as pressure, temperature, flow, level, or analytical measurement instruments.
• Determined, enthusiastic, and motivated to grow business across industrial and process sectors.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Willingness to travel throughout Scotland to customer sites.