Area Sales Manager

Sheffield
4 days ago
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Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager required to join a global leading engineering manufacturer.

The successful Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager will be responsible for managing key accounts and generating new business opportunities across the Northeast, promoting a full range of products such as valves, pneumatics, sensors, pumps, instrumentation, and associated products.

The Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager will ideally have experience selling or managing key accounts for valves, pneumatics, fluid control, instrumentation, sensors, or process automation products into industrial and process environments. Full product and technical training will be provided.

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£45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience
Bonus
Company car
Company phone
Company laptop
Development opportunities
Pension scheme
Private healthcareArea Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager Role

Manage key accounts across OEM, distribution, and end-user customers within industrial and process markets.
Develop new business and grow existing relationships across sectors such as food & beverage, pharmaceutical, industrial automation, process industries, or similar.
Promote fluid control and automation solutions including process valves, sensors, actuators, instrumentation, pneumatics, and control systems.
Execute regional sales strategies to increase market penetration and revenue growth.
Engage customers at all levels, positioning solutions competitively and influencing purchasing decisions.
Grow sales through product demonstrations, presentations, exhibitions, and commercial negotiations.
Liaise with technical and engineering departments to provide tailored customer solutions.
Work remotely, covering the North East.Area Sales Manager / Sales Engineer / Business Development Manager Requirements

Experience as a Key Account Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Engineer, Business Development Manager, or Technical Sales Engineer within an engineering, automation, or process environment.
Proven experience managing your own territory, conducting face-to-face customer visits, and developing long-term relationships.
Ideally experienced in selling or supporting fluid control, valves, instrumentation, sensors, automation, pneumatics, process equipment or associated products.
Strong negotiation skills with a track record of winning and closing business.
Determined, commercially minded, and motivated to grow accounts across industrial and process sectors.
Full UK driving license.
Willingness to travel throughout the North East, including North Yorkshire, Middlesborough, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and Leicestershire

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