Sales Manager in Milton Keynes)

Wallace Hind Selection; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading metering solutions provider in Central Bedfordshire is looking for a Sales Manager with a strong background in the water industry. The role involves driving sales strategies, managing a team, and handling client projects. The ideal candidate will have a proven commercial record and the capacity to manage significant sales budgets. This office-based role requires fieldwork across the UK and offers a salary between £75,000 and £85,000.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of commercial success in a sales or people leadership role.
• Experience managing a budget of £5-£15 million.
• Expertise in client management and networking with senior professionals.

Responsibilities

• Generate business, keeping customer engagement throughout the sales cycle.
• Oversee coaching, performance management, and training for the sales team.
• Manage client projects from solution design to execution.

Skills

Client management

Sales strategy development

Team motivation

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a commercially focused Sales Manager to continue to move our sales and service offering forward in the UK. You will have experience in the metering and/or instrumentation world, this could be utilities, M&E, flow, wastewater, leakage heat metering or sewerage. Based in Central Bedfordshire but travelling throughout the UK.

BASIC SALARY: £75,000-£85,000

LOCATION: An office-based role in Central Bedfordshire, but you will need to be in the field as required.

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Milton Keynes, Bedford, Watford, Luton, Stevenage, Northampton, Aylesbury

JOB SUMMARY: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Meters, Monitoring Solutions, Water

Responsibilities

• This Sales Manager role will also be a business generation and customer-facing role, so you will want to keep that customer engagement and enjoy the sales cycle. You will have the autonomy to set sales objectives and strategies and help motivate the sales team how you see fit.
• Oversee all leadership elements for the business including coaching, motivation, performance management, recruitment and training for our UK Sales and Service team.
• Work with and develop the team of 3. There is a good mix of experiences, however, they do need challenging, mentoring, and support.
• Report to the Managing Director and wider organisation regularly regarding sales performance.
• Along with the Field Service Engineer, manage client projects from solution design to execution working closely with key stakeholders including contractors and customers.
• Carry out regular market analysis to ensure we are aware of our competition and market trends that may lead to revenue opportunities.
• Lead the preparation of public-style tenders and proposals and present solutions effectively.
• Be an industry respected figure, comfortable with representing our brand at conferences, exhibitions and customer events.

Person specification

Ultimately, as our Sales Manager, you'll be a business leader, someone who can clearly demonstrate how you have developed and grown accounts but also how you have influenced and progressed individuals. You will be an expert in client management and in using your position to network with senior industry professionals to generate new business.

You will ideally have:

• A proven track record of commercial success within a sales / people leadership role in the water industry or something closely aligned. You may be from a utility background or flow surveys, metering, wastewater, heat metering, sewerage etc.
• You'll have the experience, gravitas, and presence to drive a sales strategy where you are the face of the business.
• Managed a sales budget of £5-£15million
• Experience of a service offering alongside the sale of a capital equipment product.

About the Company

We are the UK subsidiary of a large Swiss based, family-owned metering technology and solutions provider. Our UK Sales / Service office is based in Bedfordshire and we are certified as a 'Great Place to Work'.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Metering, Utilities, Heat Metering, Dosing, Wastewater, Water, Water Treatment, Water management, Sewerage, Sewage, Test & Measurement, Drainage, Flow, Leakage, M&E.

Interested?

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

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

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: MT18258, Wallace Hind Selection