Area Sales Manager
Midlands based – UK wide coverage
Up to £55,000 + 20% Bonus of Annual Salary (OTE Up to £54k) + Business Expensed Company Car + 23 Days Holiday (Rising to 25) + Stats + Competitive Pension + Life Assurance
The Company
My client is a well-known and leading manufacturer of light to medium machines supplying directly into industries such as Food, Medical and Building Materials which is part of a £500m group.
Due to the retirement of their long-serving Sales Manager, there is now a rare opportunity for a skilled Area Sales Manager to take over a well-established sales department, and a huge opportunity to grow and develop some exciting client and key distributor relationships.
The Role
This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious, driven individual looking for a challenging and rewarding Sales Management role.
With a 70% split between Key Distributor management, it will be your primary job to develop relationships with Key Distributors, to encourage them to promote products and services as well as provide any technical or other support to ensure they're able to show company products in the best possible light.
The other 30% of your time will be spend source and convert new business opportunities by utilising either established market knowledge or sales acumen.
You will conduct proactive, key account management and prospecting of all existing and ne...