Group Sales Director - Expanding Scientific & Engineering Technology Group (UK wide)
đź“Ť Midlands / Reading Corridor | UK Travel
A growing UK portfolio group of SME engineering and technology businesses is seeking an experienced Group Sales Director to drive commercial performance, sales consistency, and revenue growth across the Group, by modernisation of CRM's, strategy and sales oportunties working with the sales teams in the individual SME's.
You must have a 3-5 years of experience driving new Sales Strategies across groups, and in a Product Engineer/Manufacturing Sales Environment to fit this role.
The businesses operate across:
* Scientific Engineering Products
* Sensor Technologies
* Instrumentation
* Industrial & Engineering Technology
* Advanced Manufacturing Solutions
This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role focused on improving sales effectiveness, embedding scalable processes, strengthening forecasting accuracy, and building a high-performance commercial culture across multiple technical businesses.
The Role
Reporting at Group level, you will partner with Managing Directors and leadership teams to:
* Develop and execute a Group-wide sales strategy
* Drive revenue growth and margin improvement
* Standardise CRM adoption, reporting, forecasting, and pipeline management
* Implement scalable sales processes and KPIs
* Coach and develop sales leadership teams
* Improve collaboration and cross-selling across the portfolio
* Support commercial integration of acquisitions
You will be comfortable operating at both board and operational level, with the credibility to influence technically focused Sales engineering organisations.
What We’re Looking For
You will have a strong background leading sales within technical or engineering-led businesses and experience operating across multi-site or portfolio environments.
Essential Experience
* Senior sales leadership within engineering, industrial, or technical product sectors
* Proven track record improving sales performance across SME businesses
* Experience with CRM implementation and sales process optimisation
* Strong commercial, forecasting, and pipeline management capability
* Ability to influence senior stakeholders across multiple businesses
Sector Experience
Experience within one or more of the following is highly desirable:
* Scientific Engineering Products
* Sensor Technologies
* Instrumentation
* Engineering Technology
* Industrial Technical Products
* Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Experience from SaaS, retail, or pure service sales backgrounds is unlikely to be suitable without strong technical engineering sector exposure.
Package
* £100,000 – £110,000 Base Salary
* 30–40% Performance Bonus
* Car Allowance / Company Car
* Equity / Share Scheme
* Private Healthcare
* Pension
* Hybrid / Flexible Working
Why Join?
This is a rare opportunity to shape and lead the commercial strategy of an ambitious and expanding engineering technology group, creating measurable impact across multiple high-growth technical businesses throughout the UK and drive a group forward in their sales growth, CRM's and approach