Sales Director - Electronics

Headliners Recruitment - specialists in Marketing & Digital Recruitment; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Performance bonus

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Headliners Recruitment - specialists in Marketing & Digital Recruitment is seeking a Sales Director for the UK market. The role leads the UK sales operation, builds strategic customer relationships and drives sustainable revenue growth.

You will own the sales strategy, manage a high-performing team, and develop partnerships with suppliers and customers to strengthen the company’s position as a leading solutions provider.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing sales teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of revenue and profit growth.
• Background in electronics components, electronics engineering, technical solutions, or related sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the UK sales strategy to achieve growth objectives.
• Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary sales team across the UK.
• Drive revenue, profitability and market share growth.
• Build and maintain relationships with key customers, suppliers and strategic partners.
• Champion CRM usage, pipeline management and sales forecasting.
• Identify market opportunities and emerging technologies.

Skills

Sales leadership

Team leadership

Strategic sales

Forecasting

CRM management

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Berkshire £100-£110K+ Bonus + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits – Hybrid / Remote

Are you an experienced sales leader with a passion for engineering or technical solutions?

Our client is a highly successful international technology business that collaborates with leading manufacturers and OEMs, delivering innovative, value-added solutions into a range of growing industrial and technology markets.

As part of continued growth and investment, they are looking to appoint a commercially driven Sales Director to lead their UK sales operation, develop strategic customer relationships, and drive sustainable revenue growth.

The Role

Reporting directly to the senior leadership team, you will take ownership of the overall sales strategy, leading a high-performing Sales team while identifying new opportunities for growth across existing and emerging markets.

This is a highly visible leadership position that combines strategic planning with hands-on commercial management. You will be responsible for building strong supplier and customer partnerships, improving sales effectiveness, and ensuring the business continues to strengthen its position as a trusted technical solutions provider.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the sales strategy to achieve ambitious growth objectives.
• Lead, motivate and develop a multi-disciplinary sales team across the UK
• Drive revenue, profitability and market share growth.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, suppliers and strategic partners.
• Champion effective CRM usage, pipeline management and sales forecasting.
• Promote new business development and design-win activity.
• Implement performance metrics and reporting processes to support informed decision-making.
• Identify and capitalise on market opportunities and emerging technologies.
• Ensure customer requirements are translated into value-driven technical solutions.
• Support the continued development of the company's reputation as a leading solutions provider.
• About You

You are an inspirational sales leader who combines commercial awareness with the ability to build, coach and develop successful teams.

• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing sales teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with a demonstrable record of achieving revenue and profit growth.
• Background within electronics components, electronics engineering, technical solutions, industrial technology, or related sectors.
• Degree educated, ideally within Electronics Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing complex customer relationships and strategic accounts.
• Strong forecasting, planning and CRM management capabilities.
• Full UK driving licence.

What's On Offer

• Basic salary of £100- 110k
• Performance-related bonus