Sales Manager (Industrial Robotics / Factory Automation)

Executive Network Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automation solutions provider is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive sales of aftersales products and services. The ideal candidate will have a proven sales track record in industrial automation and robotics, managing projects while ensuring optimum customer satisfaction. Offers include a competitive salary, generous pension, and performance-related bonuses with flexibility to work from home and travel as needed.

Benefits

Generous pension

Performance-related bonus

Flexible work schedule

Qualifications

• Proven track record in selling Industrial Automation products.
• Experience managing technical solutions sales.
• Ability to handle project costs and contracts.

Responsibilities

• Proactively seek out sales opportunities with existing clients.
• Identify end user manufacturing customers.
• Visit customers to maintain and update accounts.
• Translate customer requirements into solutions.
• Generate quotations that meet client requirements.
• Follow up with customers post-delivery.

Skills

Driven personality

Technical sales experience

Successful account management

Project management skills

Understanding of industrial automation

Education

HNC/Degree in engineering discipline

Job description

Overview

Technical Network have been retained by a market leading intelligent automation and industrial robotics manufacturer who are seeking a Business Development Manager to represent the companies after sales products and services and provides best in class support to customers.

Sales Manager - Aftermaket (Robotics / Factory Automation)

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Responsibilities

• Working in coordination with Area Sales Managers and Key Account Managers you will proactively seek out sales and growth opportunities supporting existing clients promoting aftersales products and services to ensure best customer experience based on robot uptime, efficiency and optimisation.
• Identify end user manufacturing customers to provide innovative robotic and factory automation systems, products and services.
• Identify business opportunities for new robots sales, upgrades, spare parts, service contracts, training or consultancy services.
• Visit customers to maintain and update existing accounts and develop increasing robot and automation business.
• Translate customer technical requirements into solutions.
• Generate quotations and technical proposals that meet client requirements.
• Visit customers post-delivery and commissioning to ensure successful sign off.

Requirements

• The role requires an individual with both a driven personality and willingness to understand the technicalities of factory automation & industrial robotic solutions. You will already have a proven track record selling Industrial Automation products (industrial controllers/ sensors/ actuators etc), Industrial Robots, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) or similar products into the manufacturing sector.
• Demonstrate successful technical solutions sales career winning new business and growing existing clients accounts within the field of industrial automation/robotics/sensors.
• Experience in managing projects, preferably in machinery or robotics with downstream automation of production processes.
• Commercial ability relating to project costs and contracts, margins and sales pricing.
• Qualifications to HNC/Degree level in an engineering discipline.
• Positive attitude with desire to take ownership of territory and grow market share.

The opportunity

Working from home with a high degree of autonomy to manage own diary, flexibilty to travel throughout the UK to meet with clients and visit based Head Office as required. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Technical Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Business Development Manager or Account Manager to be part of an established business with a strong sales plan. With the backing a major international engineering and manufacturing group, you will be instrumental in the growth and expansion of the business. In return our client is offering an excellent salary, generous pension, performance related bonus plus additional fringe benefits.

How to apply

Apply on-line or call Robert Wigley for a confidential discussion (url removed).

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