AREA SALES MANAGER - Stockport (ASMJN)

												 Stockport
												 Posted 7 hours ago
											

												 £40000 to £40000 PA
												 Permanent
											

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Area Sales Manager, to manage and grow sales across an assigned territory. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities and developing existing accounts, while professionally representing the company within the market territories.

Essential Requirements:

Able to travel for 1-2 weeks monthly on business within the UK and to the EU.
Able to work from home with reliable means of communication with the UK office.
Proven experience together with exceptional communication and negotiation skills.
Results driven with strong organisational skills.

Core responsibilities:

To receive enquires, prepare quotations, follow up quotations, and receive orders.
Maintain close liaisons with the customer during the contract execution including cost control, delivery management, and project management support.
To maintain an ongoing dialogue with clients for technical and commercial follow-up.
Extensive travel to clients throughout SEU regions and occasional world-wide travel.
Prepare and execute a regular sales visit plan.
Plan, attend and follow-up from trade shows/exhibitions/conventions.
Arrange customer demonstrations.
Accompany clients/agents to visit reference sites.
Prepare and deliver sales presentations.
Provide sales training and support to staff, agents, and distributors.
Consult with sales staff.
Market research into new applications.
Collate and distribute competitor information.
Assist Customer Services by promoting service contracts and spare parts purchases.
Prepare and monitor annual sales budgets for sales areas, distributors, and agents.
Prepare sales and marketing information (newsletter, brochures, presentations, application data etc.).
Control and minimize sales expenditure.
Prepare and monitor annual budget for exhibitions/trade shows.
Prepare monthly sales activity reports.
Maintain customer database.
Maintain cost and sales prices database.

What the Company Offers:

Competitive salary with full in-house training on our bespoke machinery.
Supportive management and collaborative company culture.
Profit share: Company-wide profit share scheme following a successful probationary period.
Pension Scheme: Auto-enrolment with eligibility to full membership of a Defined Pension Scheme on completion of a 3-month probation period.
Holidays: 25 Days per annum plus 1 Day Birthday Leave
Full Time working hours.

Bennett Staff has been successfully placing candidates since 1958 and acts as an employment agency for permanent staff and an employment business for temporary workers. We recruit for roles based in Office, Warehousing, Manufacturing, Logistics, Industrial and all categories of Catering staff.

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We aim to respond to all successful applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this time, your application will have been unsuccessful, and your details will not be held.

We apologise that we are unable to contact everyone in person and thank you for your interest.