Sales Manager

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Basford Green; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm is looking for a Sales Manager to drive business growth in the food industry. You will work with a strong client base, utilizing technical sales support and CRM initiatives. Ideal candidates will have experience in field sales for an industrial company, preferably with knowledge of technical solutions or capital equipment in the food sector. Competitive salary with additional benefits offered.

Benefits

Company Car

6% Pension

Death in Service

Qualifications

• Proven track record in field sales for an industrial or technical company.
• Experience selling capital equipment or technical solutions preferred.
• Specific knowledge of process plant connectivity solutions is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage established client base and develop new business from CRM and digital marketing enquiries.
• Identify client needs and generate proposals and quotes.
• Collaborate with the team to achieve team sales targets.

Skills

Field sales experience

Knowledge of the food industry

Technical communication

CRM usage

Education

Engineering or technical qualifications

Job description

Overview

A fantastic opportunity for a Sales Manager to join a well established British manufacturer of process plant connectivity solutions supplied mainly to the food industry with a brief to grow sales. You will be working with a large blue chip installed base and lots of marketing generated enquiries with a very realistic team target and complete technical and sales support.

Location & commuting

LOCATION: Covering the whole UK, home based and ideally living on the M6 corridor between Birmingham & Manchester

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Manchester, Birmingham, Stoke, Derby, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nottingham

Job title & scope

JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Area Sales Manager - processing machinery, food industry

Responsibilities

A classic Sales Manager role working with a well established client base and developing new business from CRM and digital marketing enquiries.

Your role as Sales Manager is to identify and create client needs, to be able to communicate these technically back to the company to generate proposals and quotes and then to close.

Full technical and sales support alongside full product training will be given.

You will be working as part of a team with a team target.

Person specification / Qualifications

• You MUST have a proven track record in field sales working for an industrial, engineering or technical company.
• Ideally you WILL have sold capital equipment or a technical solution to the food industry.
• Any specific experience of product handling or process plant connectivity solutions would be advantageous.
• An engineering or technical background and qualifications would also be advantageous.

Benefits

• BASIC SALARY: up to £60,000
• BENEFITS: circa £10,000 OTE, Company Car, 6% Pension, Death in Service

The company

A very well established British manufacturer of process plant connectivity solutions including conveyors mainly supplied to the food industry with order values ranging from £10,000 up to £200,000 (and up to £500,000 for turnkey systems).

They have invested heavily in their CRM and Digital Marketing to support both winning business from their installed base but also to generate enquiries for new business.

How to apply

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: MPH18256, Wallace Hind Selection