Area sales manager ndash; machine tools

Area Sales Manager ndash; Machine Tools Job Title: Area Sales Manager ndash; 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 ndash; ideally based Birmingham to M4 Corridor Remuneration: GBP35,000-GBP40,000 + 1% uncapped Commission on sales Benefits: BMW Car Benefits Package The role of the Area Sales Manager ndash; 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 GBP750,000-GBP800,00 target for 2025 * Typical order values from GBP10,000-GBP25,000 * 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 ndash; 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 * GBP4m+ 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