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Area Sales Manager Machine Tools
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 machines, 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
