Sales Manager

Escape Recruitment Services Ltd; Burntisland; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual bonus

International travel

Job summary

Escape Recruitment is partnering with a global engineering organisation to recruit a Sales Manager to join its commercial team. You will drive complex international sales opportunities, build strategic customer relationships and collaborate with engineering, project management and international sales teams to grow the business.

The role reports to the Sales Director and covers full lifecycle from opportunity development and proposals to contract negotiations and orders, with hybrid on-site and

Qualifications

• You’ll be an experienced technical sales professional with a background in engineering, industrial technology or another technically complex B2B environment.
• We're particularly interested in candidates with experience managing complex contracts, working with technical stakeholders and selling engineered products or solutions.

Responsibilities

• Managing complex technical sales opportunities, ensuring sales and margin targets are achieved.
• Developing customer relationships and identifying new business opportunities across international markets.
• Preparing quotations, negotiating commercial agreements and managing lengthy sales cycles.
• Working collaboratively with engineering, purchasing, operations and regional sales teams.
• Maintaining an accurate sales pipeline and gathering market intelligence to support future growth.
• Representing the business at customer meetings, exhibitions and international industry events.

Job description

Hybrid Working (3 Days On Site, 2 Remote) | International Travel

Escape Recruitment is delighted to be partnering with a global engineering organisation to recruit a Sales Manager to join its commercial team.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a global manufacturer of highly engineered products, managing complex sales opportunities and building strategic customer relationships across international markets.

Working closely with engineering, project management and international sales teams, you'll play a key role in driving commercial growth, with the potential to develop into a senior sales leadership position over the longer term.

Reporting to the Sales Director, you'll manage the full sales lifecycle, from developing opportunities and preparing technical and commercial proposals through to negotiating contracts and securing orders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing complex technical sales opportunities, ensuring sales and margin targets are achieved.
• Developing customer relationships and identifying new business opportunities across international markets.
• Preparing quotations, negotiating commercial agreements and managing lengthy sales cycles.
• Working collaboratively with engineering, purchasing, operations and regional sales teams.
• Maintaining an accurate sales pipeline and gathering market intelligence to support future growth.
• Representing the business at customer meetings, exhibitions and international industry events.

The role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with three days on site in Fife and two days remotely. International travel is required, sometimes at short notice.

About You

You’ll be an experienced technical sales professional with a background in engineering, industrial technology or another technically complex B2B environment.

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience managing complex contracts, working with technical stakeholders and selling engineered products or solutions.

Relevant backgrounds could include:

• Defence and aerospace
• Industrial manufacturing and capital equipment
• Mechanical engineering
• Oil & gas and energy
• Marine and offshore
• Process engineering and other complex industrial sectors

You’ll bring strong commercial awareness, excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills, and the ability to understand technical requirements and translate them into customer-focused solutions. A proactive approach to business development and the flexibility to travel internationally are also essential.

The Opportunity

You’ll join a global engineering business offering an international working environment, hybrid working, a competitive salary and annual bonus. For the right individual, there is also the opportunity to develop towards a senior sales leadership role over the longer term.