Sales Manager

Are you an experienced, credible Technical Sales Manager or Sales Engineer with an understanding of aggregate or powertrain technology, who can handle accounts with some of the largest OEM manufacturers across the UK and Nordic regions? We're part of a multi-national, billion dollar group and need YOU to drive our key account management and sales management function.


BASIC SALARY: Up to £65,000


BENEFITS:
· Bonus based on personal and company performance
· Fully expensed company car with hybrid option
· Home communications set-up to include mobile and laptop
· Access to excellent company benefits scheme including generous pension, healthcare, life assurance etc.
· Extensive product training including regular trips to the US.


LOCATION: Covering the UK and Nordic regions from a UK base.


COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: London, Reading, Bristol, Swindon, Gloucester, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby, Leicester, Coventry, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Luton, Watford.


JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager - Powertrain, Engineered components into OEMs


As our Sales Manager, you will lead the sales function in the UK for the sales, business development and technical consultancy of powertrain products to OEMS from a wide variety of sectors including the mining, tunnel boring, steel manufacturing, aggregate, road-working, and recycling markets.


Being independent, self sufficient and driven to succeed - you will handle key account management, sales enquiries generated from our marketing, and leverage long-standing existing relationships to open doors and begin conversations with new potential clients.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager - Powertrain, Engineered components into OEMs


As our Sales Manager, you will:
· Be home based, but travelling to customers across the UK (75%) and Nordic regions (25%) - Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland
· Have a strong focus on key account management.
· Posses the ability to have long term commercial relationships and our excellent brand recognition will help open doors.
· Build connections with OEM manufacturers (in aggregates and powertrain) - and especially their R&D departments - to identify possible applications and specification of our high-spec anti-friction products, machinery, equipment and R&D services and testing.
· Work alongside our service management organisation, to offer excellent customer service and account management to maintain and excellent rapport and trust with clients.


PERSON SPECIFICATION: Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager - Powertrain, Engineered components into OEMs


To be successful as our Sales Manager, you will :
· Be autonomous, self-motivated, driven and have the ability to sell technical solutions at a variety of levels.
· Be a credible 'face of the company' from a technical perspective.
· Have a strong knowledge and understanding of mechanical engineering principals related to powertrain technology, and more importantly the application of this technology to OEM manufacturers.
· Be a strong, commercial sales person - able to manage extended (sometimes multi-year) lead times from initial conversations with R&D departments through to presentations at C-suite.


You will need to be prepared and able to attend circa 2 weeks of training in the US across the first few months on the role, with regular (shorter) scheduled trips throughout the year.


THE COMPANY:


We have 50 years in business as a very successful innovator and manufacturer of precision components and powertrain. We are now part of a multinational, billion dollar corporation with its own track record and sales successes, and we are now looking to expand our sales force to develop new business from a large range of existing, trusted customers - whilst following leads to add to that client list.


INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.


Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.


Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.


REF: SP18198, Wallace Hind Selection