Area Sales Manager

Metric Geo; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and company holidays

Company laptop

Phone provided

Demo equipment

Travel and expenses covered

Job summary

Metric Geo seeks a highly motivated Area Sales Manager to drive growth across key US manufacturing regions, delivering technical demonstrations and building long-term relationships with customers in medical device manufacturing, precision engineering, electronics, and automation. This field-based role requires energy, ambition, and the ability to travel regularly.

You will engage with manufacturing engineers and decision-makers, expanding strategic accounts while contributing to a fast-growing

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years in technical or industrial sales
• Experience selling into manufacturing or automation
• Strong commercial drive with new business growth
• Comfort with onsite demos and presentations
• Willing to travel regularly across US

Responsibilities

• Drive territory growth through prospecting, visits, and solution selling
• Develop new business in medical device/manufacturing sectors
• Build relationships with engineers, quality and operations teams
• Conduct onsite visits and technical demonstrations
• Manage strategic accounts and build pipeline
• Attend industry events and give product presentations

Skills

Technical sales

Field sales

Relationship building

Presentation skills

Travel readiness

CRM proficiency

Industry knowledge

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Demo equipment handling

Job description

Our client is an award-winning international technology company specialising in advanced digital inspection, measurement, and AI-assisted vision systems for medical device manufacturing and precision engineering industries worldwide. Their technologies are used by leading global manufacturers to improve inspection processes, reduce subjectivity, increase efficiency, and enhance traceability, supporting the move towards smarter, digital manufacturing environments.

As part of a continued international expansion, they are seeking a highly motivated and commercially driven Area Sales Manager to support business growth across key US manufacturing regions.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically capable sales professional to join a growing international technology company with strong growth potential, modern products, direct access to leadership, and uncapped earning potential.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a highly active, field-based sales professional who is comfortable building relationships, developing new business opportunities, conducting customer visits, delivering technical demonstrations, and growing strategic accounts across advanced manufacturing industries.

The successful candidate should ideally bring existing industry contacts and relationships and be capable of hitting the ground running quickly.

This role will suit someone with strong energy, ambition, technical aptitude, and a genuine desire to build long-term customer relationships within a high-potential market.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive territory growth through prospecting, customer visits, relationship development, and technical solution selling
• Develop new business opportunities within medical device manufacturing, precision engineering, electronics, automation, aerospace, defence, and advanced manufacturing sectors
• Build and maintain strong relationships with manufacturing engineers, process engineers, quality teams, operations teams, and technical decision makers
• Conduct regular onsite customer visits and technical demonstrations across key US manufacturing regions
• Identify new applications and opportunities for the company's inspection and measurement solutions
• Deliver technical product presentations, demonstrations, evaluations, and customer training
• Manage and develop strategic customer accounts while continuously building new pipeline opportunities
• Attend and support key industry tradeshows, exhibitions, and customer events
• Maintain accurate pipeline activity and customer records through CRM systems
• Deliver regular sales forecasts, activity updates, and progress reports to management
• Provide customer and market feedback to support future product development and innovation initiatives
• Meet and exceed sales activity KPIs, pipeline growth targets, and revenue objectives

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 3–6+ years experience in technical sales, industrial sales, automation, industrial vision, metrology, inspection systems, or related manufacturing technologies
• Experience selling into manufacturing or advanced manufacturing environments a strong advantage
• Strong commercial drive with a proven ability to generate new business opportunities and grow customer relationships
• Comfortable conducting onsite technical demonstrations and customer presentations
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong field activity and willingness to travel regularly
• Existing relationships or contacts within manufacturing, engineering, automation, or technical industries a significant advantage
• Strong organisational, communication, and presentation skills
• Good technical competence with strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience using CRM systems and Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams)
• Experience attending and supporting tradeshows and industry events

Personal Profile

• Ambitious and growth-oriented sales professional
• High-energy individual with strong field activity and customer engagement focus
• Comfortable working independently while also collaborating closely with leadership and technical teams
• Strong relationship builder with excellent communication and influencing skills
• Commercially aware, with the ability to understand customer manufacturing processes and challenges
• Motivated by performance, customer success, and uncapped earning potential
• Willing to travel regularly across key US manufacturing regions
• Uncapped commission structure with strong earning potential
• PTO and company holidays
• Company laptop, phone, and demo equipment
• Travel and business expenses covered
• Opportunity to grow within a rapidly expanding international technology company