Area Technical Sales Manager – West of UK
Our client collaborates with industry leaders in automotive, aerospace, precision engineering, universities, and Formula One. As an ISO17025 UKAS-accredited lab, they deliver innovative solutions and value continuous learning. They are expanding from the UK to cover all of Europe—join them at this exciting time!
Territory: The territory is bounded in the north by the M62. The West territory covers west of the M1 from Leeds to Leicester, then west to the south coast, including Wales and the South West.
For the role, you will ideally live within an hour of Leicester
Are you:
- Skilled in building customer relationships?
- Experienced in closing high-value capital sales?
- Proactive and results-driven? If yes, we’d love to meet you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the entire sales process from lead generation to closing deals.
- Develop and execute a territory sales plan.
- Identify new clients and maintain strong customer relationships.
- Conduct product demonstrations and presentations.
- Collaborate with marketing and applications teams.
- Provide technical guidance and commercial expertise.
- Achieve sales targets and drive company growth.
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven success in technical sales preferred.
- Passion for engineering and technology.
- Self-motivated, results-oriented and independent.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Strong IT skills
- A full driving license
- Sell technologically advanced products to a wide cross-section of industry
- Combine new business and account management
- Opportunities to progress in our growing business
- Competitive salary of £35-40K basic plus uncapped commission (OTE £50-60K) +
- Company car and bonus
- Vitality healthcare, pension and more
- Weekday hours
All are in accordance with our standard terms and after a qualifying period.
Education: Preferably STEM degree or experience in selling to engineering customers
What’s in it for you
Work Pattern: 3 days on the road, 2 days office preferred but mobile
This role requires
- Visiting customers at their premises
- Lead generation, which will include cold calling and identifying potential customers whilst on the road
Carrying out product demonstrations on customer sites, including setting up demo instruments
- Attending sales and clients meetings on site (monthly sales, company, training, etc)
Selection Process
If your application stands out, we’ll invite you to a Teams call where you can tell us about yourself and ask any questions about the company and role. If we are still aligned, we’ll invite you to two interviews onsite where we will share more about the role and our products and let you demonstrate your sales skills. This will include a 15minute presentation where we will ask you to sell us one of our products.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer offering a welcoming and inclusive environment for one another, the diverse customers we serve, and the communities we call home. We do all of this with kindness, empathy and respect for each other.
Pay: £45,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company car
- Company pension
- On-site parking
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Market Harborough (Leicestershire)
