Sales Manager in Manchester)

Wallace Hind Selection; Manchester; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading British manufacturer is seeking a Sales Manager to drive sales in the food industry. You will identify client needs, generate proposals, and work as part of a supportive team. The ideal candidate should have a proven sales track record in technical or industrial fields, with experience in capital equipment sales being advantageous. This home-based role offers a competitive salary and benefits including a company car and pension plan.

Benefits

Basic salary up to £60,000

OTE circa £10,000

Company Car

6% Pension

Death in Service

Qualifications

• Proven track record in field sales for industrial or technical companies.
• Experience selling capital equipment or technical solutions is ideal.
• Experience with product handling or process plant connectivity solutions is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify and create client needs and generate proposals.
• Work collaboratively within a team to close deals.
• Receive full technical and sales support alongside product training.

Skills

Field sales experience

Knowledge of the food industry

Technical sales 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.

Responsibilities

Sales Manager will identify and create client needs, communicate these technically back to the company to generate proposals and quotes, and then close deals. You will work as part of a team with a team target and receive full technical and sales support alongside full product training.

Requirements / Person Specification

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Basic salary: up to £60,000
• OTE: circa £10,000
• Company Car
• 6% Pension
• Death in Service

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 Details

Job Description: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Area Sales Manager - processing machinery, food industry

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