Sales Manager

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established British manufacturer seeks a Sales Manager to grow sales in the food industry. This home-based role requires a proven track record in field sales and offers technical support and training. The candidate will work with a large client base, develop new business from marketing inquiries, and aims for a basic salary of up to £60,000 plus OTE of £10,000.

Benefits

Company Car

6% Pension

Death in Service benefits

Qualifications

• Proven track record in field sales working for an industrial, engineering or technical company.
• Experience in selling to the food industry is advantageous.
• Technical background is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Identify and create client needs.
• Communicate technical requirements to generate proposals.
• Close sales and work within a team.

Skills

Proven track record in field sales

Experience selling capital equipment

Communication skills

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.

Role and Responsibilities

Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Area Sales Manager - processing machinery, food industry. 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.

Location and Travel

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

Compensation and Benefits

BASIC SALARY: up to £60,000

BENEFITS: circa £10,000 OTE; Company Car; 6% Pension; Death in Service

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.

Requirements/Experience

• 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.

Application and Notes

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