Sales Manager

ASC Connections; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ASC Connections seeks an experienced Sales Manager to join a UK-based manufacturing business. The role focuses on growing revenue within key accounts, overseeing RFQs, and delivering commercially robust, technically sound solutions.

The position operates on a hybrid working model and involves collaboration across Design, Production, Procurement and Business Development to sustain customer partnerships. You will lead a small team, engage with engineers and stakeholders, and drive a consultative

Qualifications

• Experience in technical sales within regulated industries.
• Proven track record of growing key customer relationships.
• Experience leading a sales team.
• Able to engage with engineers and stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of sales professionals, driving performance and targets.
• Manage and grow key customer accounts through a consultative approach.
• Interpret and clarify complex customer requirements, translating them into commercially viable technical solutions.
• Oversee the preparation of quotations and proposals, ensuring accuracy and competitiveness.
• Negotiate and implement long-term agreements covering design, manufacture and supply.
• Collaborate closely with internal departments and external partners to deliver optimal solutions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.

Skills

Technical sales

Key account management

Leadership

Customer relationship

Negotiation

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and commercially astute Sales Manager to join a well-established and highly regarded UK-based manufacturing business. Recognised for delivering precision-engineered solutions to a diverse international customer base across demanding, highly regulated industries, they are experiencing continued growth. With a strong heritage, advanced production capabilities and a reputation for technical excellence, the company works in close partnership with its customers to develop bespoke solutions critical to performance and reliability.

Reporting to the UK Sales Director, the Sales Manager will lead and develop a small, high-performing sales team, overseeing Key Account Managers, Sales Engineers and Technical Support staff. Your primary focus will be to maximise growth within key existing accounts, which represent the majority of company turnover, through a structured and consultative sales approach. You will oversee all incoming enquiries, RFQs and technical responses, ensuring customers receive commercially competitive and technically robust solutions.

Sales Manager (Hybrid Working) Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of sales professionals, driving performance and ensuring targets are achieved
• Manage and grow key customer accounts through a consultative, relationship-led sales approach
• Interpret and clarify complex customer requirements, translating them into commercially viable technical solutions
• Oversee the preparation of quotations and proposals, ensuring accuracy, competitiveness and alignment with customer expectations
• Negotiate and implement long-term agreements covering design, manufacture and supply
• Collaborate closely with internal departments including Design, Production, Procurement and Business Development as well as external partners, to deliver optimal solutions
• Build and maintain strong relationships across OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, positioning the business at the forefront of new and emerging projects

About the Ideal Sales Manager - Hybrid Working

• Proven experience in a technical sales environment, ideally within aerospace, oil & gas, defence or similarly regulated industries
• Strong background in account management, with a track record of developing and growing key customer relationships
• Experience leading or mentoring a sales team, with the ability to inspire and drive performance
• Technically minded, with the ability to engage confidently with engineers and stakeholders at all levels
• Commercially aware, with a consultative approach to sales and problem-solving

This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking and growing organisation that offers genuine career progression, ongoing development and the autonomy to make a real impact. You will play a key role in shaping customer relationships and driving future growth within an established and respected business.

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