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Area Sales Manager

ASC Connections Ltd
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 4EE, England

Salary

£48,000 - £57,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • An Area Sales Manager is sought for a leading CNC Machine Tool Supplier focusing on the South Central/South East of the UK.
  • The role involves increasing market share, maintaining business levels, and developing customer relationships while reporting to the Sales Director.
  • The salary is negotiable, with a range up to £50K DOE, plus uncapped monthly commission and additional benefits including a company car and 26 days holiday.
  • Candidates must have experience in a technical sales role, preferably within the CNC machine tool industry, and a genuine interest in manufacturing.
  • Flexibility for frequent travel within the territory and occasional overseas travel for training is essential, along with excellent communication and self-management skills.

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 Central / 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
  • 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.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

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