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Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Machine Tools
Industry Sector: CNC & Conventional Machine Tools and Accessories, Machine Tools, lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, boring machines and fabrication machines, engineering environments, mechanical engineering, aerospace, automotive, energy sector, marine, MOD & Government facilities
Area to be covered: South - ideally based Birmingham to M4 Corridor
Remuneration: £35,000-£40,000 + 1% uncapped Commission on sales
Benefits: BMW Car & Benefits Package
The role of the Area Sales Manager - Machine Tools will involve:
- Field sales position selling a large manufactured portfolio of CNC Machine Tools, lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, boring machines and fabrication machines
- 70% of your time selling directly into mechanical engineers
- Remainder of time selling direct into other engineering customers, aerospace, automotive, energy sector, marine, MOD & Government facilities
- 60% new business development role, you will be provided with target lists of customers to approach and will also follow up on plenty of leads vis the office/ website
- 40% account management of some existing customers and pipeline on the area
- Pro-rata target for remainder of 2024, realistic £750,000-£800,00 target for 2025
- Typical order values from £10,000-£25,000
- Typically 3.5 days per week on the road, rest of time working from home with monthly visits to the midlands based office
- Taking customers to the office to show them our clients showroom
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Machine Tools with:
- Ideally some understanding of Machine Tools and field sales experience
- Open to other field sales backgrounds who focus on mechanical engineers
- Would consider no sales experience with related industry experience, e.g. a service engineer looking for 1st field sales role
- May consider other field sales tooling experience with a strong desire to move into Machine Tools
- Technically capable
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Hard working mentality
- Strong features and benefits sales experience, must be able to negotiate and close!
- Excellent presentation and demonstrating skills
- A practical and professional hands on competent approach
- Excellent organisational / territory planning skills
The Company
- Est. 30 years+
- 30+ UK employees
- £4m+ UK turnover
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist construction field sales recruitment consultancy, dealing exclusively with construction field sales jobs, construction field sales vacancies and specification field sales positions within: Machine tools, lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, boring machines and fabrication machines, engineering environments, mechanical engineering, aerospace, automotive, energy sector, marine, MOD & Government facilities
