Regional Manager-Jobs in Großbritannien

A market-leading manufacturer of specialist packaging machinery is expanding its national footprint and seeking an experienced Area Sales Manager to cover the North of the UK. This is a brand-new role, created due to consistent growth and high demand within the food production industry.

BASIC SALARY: GBP45,000 - GBP50,000 per annum

BENEFITS:
Commission GBP10,000 - GBP15,000 per annum
Company Car
25 days Annual Leave plus stats
Healthcare

LOCATION: North UK

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, York, Newcastle, Middlesborough

JOB DESCRIPTION: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Capital Machinery, Packaging

As our Area Sales Manager covering the North of the UK you will be home based, reporting to the Managing Director. This is a new role as a result of growth, and you will be responsible for driving sales across the region. The order values range from GBP35,000 to over GBP1 million and with an impressive product portfolio you will use your experience within the packaging industry to sell capital equipment and/or a technical solution. You will be prepared to travel and stay away if necessary.

Your main responsibilities will be:
To manage and grow your sales territory by building on existing relationships and developing new business.
Splitting your time between account management (30%) and new business development (70%).
Selling specialist packaging equipment primarily into the food industry (70%) and non-food markets (30%).
Attending trade shows and exhibitions.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Capital Machinery, Packaging

As our Area Sales Manager you will be committed to new business development and managing existing accounts. Ideally, we are seeking a candidate based in the North West of the UK, but we will welcome applications from across the North of the UK as the right candidate is more important than location.

You will be:
An experienced industrial, technical, or engineering field salesperson and will ideally have some experience selling to the food processing industry.
Driven, self-motivated and organised; a good industrial salesperson who is seeking a new challenge within a growing, successful company.
Confident with technical and engineering terminology, ideally an engineering background with relevant qualifications.
Proactive; able to work within set timescales, organising your workload to meet deadlines.
Personable and enthusiastic team player with a strong work ethic.

THE COMPANY:

We are growing quickly, and we pride ourselves on our technical and engineering knowledge, expertise, and the professional service we deliver. Due to demand for our products, we are growing our sales team steadily. Our HQ, based in Leeds covers the whole of the UK and Ireland and our after sales service is carried out by specialised Engineers. With decades of experience providing technical solutions and capital equipment we sell a range of packaging machinery (horizontal and vertical form fill and seal, automatic packaging lines, pouch fillers and multi-head weighers) to primarily the food industry with 30% of our sales to non-food markets.

It is highly likely that you will have worked in the following roles and/or markets and have some experience with the following products and/or services: Area Sales Manager, Field Sales Manager, Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Territory Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager - Processing and Packaging Machinery, Capital Equipment, Machinery - Food Manufacturing

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 recruitment partner of our client.

REF: LO18196, Wallace Hind Selection