Area Sales Manager

Trades Workforce Solutions; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering manufacturer in the UK is seeking an experienced Area Sales Manager to manage key accounts and generate new business opportunities across the Northeast. The successful candidate will promote a range of products related to fluid control and automation, such as valves and sensors. Ideal candidates should have experience in technical sales within industrial environments. This position involves remote work across regions, including North Yorkshire, with a salary range of £45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience.

Benefits

Bonus

Company car

Company phone

Company laptop

Development opportunities

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Experience as a Key Account Manager or similar role within engineering environments.
• Proven territory management with client visits.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to close business.

Responsibilities

• Manage key accounts across industrial and process markets.
• Develop new business and nurture existing relationships.
• Promote fluid control and automation solutions.
• Execute regional sales strategies for revenue growth.
• Engage customers at all levels and influence purchasing decisions.
• Deliver product demonstrations and presentations.

Skills

Key Account Management

Sales Negotiation

Customer Relationship Development

Technical Sales

Fluid Control Knowledge

Pneumatics Knowledge

Automation Solutions

Job description

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

The successful Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager will be responsible for managing key accounts and generating new business opportunities across the Northeast, promoting a full range of products such as valves, pneumatics, sensors, pumps, instrumentation, and associated products.

The Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager will ideally have experience selling or managing key accounts for valves, pneumatics, fluid control, instrumentation, sensors, or process automation products into industrial and process environments. Full product and technical training will be provided.

Package

• £45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience
• Bonus
• Company car
• Company phone
• Company laptop
• Development opportunities
• Pension scheme
• Private healthcare

Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager Role

• Manage key accounts across OEM, distribution, and end-user customers within industrial and process markets.
• Develop new business and grow existing relationships across sectors such as food & beverage, pharmaceutical, industrial automation, process industries, or similar.
• Promote fluid control and automation solutions including process valves, sensors, actuators, instrumentation, pneumatics, and control systems.
• Execute regional sales strategies to increase market penetration and revenue growth.
• Engage customers at all levels, positioning solutions competitively and influencing purchasing decisions.
• Grow sales through product demonstrations, presentations, exhibitions, and commercial negotiations.
• Liaise with technical and engineering departments to provide tailored customer solutions.
• Work remotely, covering the North East.

Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager Requirements

• Experience as a Key Account Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Engineer, Business Development Manager, or Technical Sales Engineer within an engineering, automation, or process environment.
• Proven experience managing your own territory, conducting face-to-face customer visits, and developing long-term relationships.
• Ideally experienced in selling or supporting fluid control, valves, instrumentation, sensors, automation, pneumatics, process equipment or associated products.
• Strong negotiation skills with a track record of winning and closing business.
• Determined, commercially minded, and motivated to grow accounts across industrial and process sectors.
• Full UK driving license.
• Willingness to travel throughout the North East, including North Yorkshire, Middlesborough, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and Leicestershire.