Area Sales Manager

An Area Sales Manager is required for a hugely successful CNC Machine Tool Supplier, providing metal cutting solutions to the manufacturing industry .

As the Area Sales Manager, your primary focus is the South/South East of the UK, to increase market share in these territories, whilst continuing to develop the reputation and company brand values.

Salary is negotiable but there's a circa range of up to £50K DOE, monthly commission which is uncapped, fully expensed company car and fuel card, credit card for expenses, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, private pension, life assurance, laptop & phone for fully remote WFH.

Reporting to the Sales Director, the Area Sales Manager will be responsible for -

• Maintaining and increasing business levels of the group's products
• Reaching the targets and goals set
• Gathering market and customer information to figure out the customer needs
• Providing customers with detailed and accurate quotations
• Negotiating terms of sales and agreements and closing sales with customers
• Establishing, maintaining, and expanding the customer base
• Increasing business opportunities
• Developing strategies, forecasts and pipelines of business
• Attend trade fairs, exhibitions and promotional events
• Collecting customer feedback and market research
• Project management on large scale orders

Experience in a technical sales role is essential with engineering experience and/or sale of capital equipment within the CNC machine tool industry, would be a big advantage

You will need a genuine interest in the manufacturing industry across your territory, to understand who your target audience will be to aim our products at. Combining sales and customer service you will be the ultimate partner for your customers and to ensure that you and the business are in the foremost of their mind.

Flexibility towards frequent travel to the territory you'd look after is essential, as well as occasional overseas travel for product training and new product launches

Being able to communicate at different levels and switching quickly is important in this role, along with excellent verbal and communication skills, good listening skills and attention to detail, plus a great sense of self-motivation, ambition, determination, and good self-management are all essential.

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