Area Sales Manager Process Control & Automation

Find Apprenticeships; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automation and control sector seeks an Area Sales Manager to drive sales across the M62 corridor and North of England. The ideal candidate will have extensive B2B sales experience and a technical background, enabling them to effectively manage client relationships and expand the customer base. With a competitive base salary and an open-ended bonus structure, this role offers a fantastic opportunity for growth in an innovative environment.

Benefits

Quality Car or allowance

Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Business Expenses

Qualifications

• Experience in B2B field sales within control & automation.
• Strong track record in achieving sales success.
• Knowledge in oil & gas, pharmaceutical, chemical sectors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Achieve profitable sales of process automation products.
• Manage existing clients and develop new customer accounts.
• Provide ongoing product training and support.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Presentation

Client Relationship Management

Education

HNC or ONC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Job description

Area Sales Manager M62 corridor & North of England Process Control & Automation up to c. £55K base plus open ended Bonus, Quality Car or allowance, Pension, Private Medical, Life Assurance, Business Expenses.

Fantastic opportunity to join a market leading and progressive company in the automation and control sector as an Area Sales Engineer for Process Control & Automation products.

The Company
One of the leading providers of innovative communication interfaces, IS interfaces, Temperature transmitters and signal conditioning, Intrinsically Safe displays, explosion protected, Hazardous Area certified, ATEX solutions and other complimentary automation products and components with leading customer service and expert support.

The Role
As a technical sales engineer / field sales engineer, you are looking to achieve profitable business sales of the process automation range of products and the full product range into existing and new customers throughout the territory which includes, East, West, North & South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester. You will be selling into a wide variety of customer types such as End Users, Panel Builders, System Integrators, OEM s both directly and via a Partner Distribution Network, as you manage an established customer base and access information on potential customers for development. To assist your success in this you will receive comprehensive on going product training.

You will be field based and working closely with the rest of the sales team and sales managers along with your distribution partners. We are seeking candidates located anywhere within the territory described, however central would be ideal, with good access to road networks, although an excellent candidate located anywhere with the territory would be considered.

The Candidate
For this technical field sales engineer position, prospective candidates MUST have the following attributes, skills and experience:
Be an excellent communicator, negotiator and presenter, passionate about building lasting client relationships with Key Accounts.
Business to business (B2B) field sales experience as an Area Sales Engineer, Area Sales Manager, Sales Development or Business Development Manager, within control & automation, process automation, process instrumentation products. Candidates will be able to demonstrate knowledge and sales success, preferably including involvement within the oil & gas, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy & utilities industries, achieving specification, preferred supplier and business win.
Ideally have an engineering qualification in a relevant subject such as ONC, HNC level in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

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