Area Sales Manager

Area Sales Manager
World-Class British Manufacturer
Mechanical Components Manufacturer
Bespoke Seals/ Gaskets/ Components / Flow Control
Blue-chip manufacturing company
Salary: £35,000 - £43,800 Basic salary (experience dependent)
OTE: Outstanding OTE £61,320 + Company wide performance bonus 8%
Benefits: Home Office, Quality Company Car, Pension, Private Medical, Laptop / iPad, Mobile Phone, Credit Card
Professional Management Training and Development
Area: North of England
Home Based - can live anywhere
Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Huddersfield, York, Hull, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-upon-Tyne etc.

Our client is a world leading manufacturer of bespoke mechanical components for applications throughout numerous industrial sectors including oil & gas, food, process, defence, steel, power, nuclear, chemical and pharmaceutical. Established for many years, they have a turnover of more than £150 million globally. You will have the capability of selling bespoke design in engineering components into critical engineering environments.

This is an opportunity for a dynamic professional technical sales individual to work with a major global manufacturer. This is an entry-level sales position into their company. The previous person in post has been promoted, and there are several clearly defined progression routes into Strategic Key Accounts, Business Development, International Sales, and Sales Management.

As Area Sales Manager, you will take a lead role in this company's UK sales team by supporting key accounts in the North of England and prospecting into new industrial customers. You will work alongside the General Sales Manager to win sales throughout project-driven customers and OEM customers. We are looking for an honest, hard-working, and technically capable sales professional who can spearhead emerging market growth and manage critical customers such as Rolls Royce, Schlumberger, GE, and many more! You will be able to solution sell, work closely with customers, and develop the right product for the correct application in critical sectors.

The Candidate:

1. We are open on industry sector; personality and sophistication are key!
2. You will be an industrial technical sales professional.
3. You will ideally have an engineering background - Mechanical mind preferred.
4. A strong strategic thinker with exceptional business development skills and key account management skills.
5. Able to develop new business opportunities coupled with an eye for upselling/cross-selling.
6. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to communicate and sell to a wide variety of levels.
7. A proven track record of business-to-business sales; experience of medium to long cycle selling would be advantageous.
8. If you have a Mechanical Engineering background, either a degree, apprenticeship, or experience of mechanical components.
9. Products include Seals, Gaskets, Valves, Pumps, Rotating Equipment.
10. Product training will be provided.

Please click on the apply button or contact Jonathan Sallis at Mercury Hampton directly. We aim to respond to all successful applicants within 48 hours; however, if you have not heard from us within 7 working days, please consider yourself unsuccessful on this application.