Area Sales Manager (Material Handling)

Alexander James Recruiting Ltd.; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Uncapped commission potential

Hybrid company car

Pension scheme

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Area Sales Manager to enhance their client base in the Bristol & Swindon area. This exciting role offers excellent uncapped commission potential and a competitive salary, providing the perfect opportunity for experienced sales professionals in the forklift sector or related capital equipment industries. With a strong reputation built over nearly 40 years, this forward-thinking company is committed to growth and offers a hybrid company car and pension scheme. If you are proactive and have a consultative sales approach, this could be your next big career move.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in forklift sales or consultative selling.
• Proactive approach to business development and client management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop an existing client base in Bristol & Swindon.
• Generate new business through site visits and customer quotes.
• Take responsibility for region revenue and growth.

Skills

Sales experience in forklift trucks

Consultative selling

Business development

Site surveys

Understanding of equipment hire

Experience in capital equipment

Powered access industry experience

Job description

Alexander James Recruiting is currently working with a leading dealer of material handling equipment looking to recruit a new area sales manager to cover and develop their client base in postcodes across the Bristol & Swindon area. With excellent, uncapped commission opportunities and scope for growth, this is a great opportunity for either an experienced forklift sales professional.

Responsibilities

• Managing an existing client base across Bristol & Swindon
• Business development across the same area
• Generate new business by visiting customers on site, conducting site surveys and providing customer quotes for forklift hire
• Providing a consultative sales approach in order to win new business in the hire and sale of material handling equipment
• Take responsibility for region revenue stream and overall growth

Requirements

You will ideally have worked in a sales role within forklift trucks before, with a proven track record in the industry. You will be proactive in your approach to selling and will have a solid understanding of equipment hire. As an alternative to forklift sales experience, the company are willing to consider candidates from other industries within capital equipment as long as candidates have experience of providing a consultative sell and have experience of conducting site surveys. Hire understanding would be an advantage as would experience within the powered access industry.

Benefits

• Competitive salary dependent on experience (Up to £40,000 depending on experience)
• Excellent uncapped Commission potential (OTE £45,000-£60,000 achievable)
• Hybrid Company Car
• Pension Scheme

The Company

With a presence across two major regions of the UK our client supplies one of the major forklift brands known internationally. Having been established for nearly 40 years, they have built up a strong reputation and comfortably hold a fleet of over 100 forklift trucks at any one time. In addition to forklift trucks, the company supply related material handling equipment and a unique fleet management system.