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Sales Manager

Austin Fraser

Cheltenham

Hybrid

GBP 55,000 - 85,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Sales Manager to oversee a vital sales area for food processing machinery. This hands-on role involves managing a portfolio of blue-chip accounts and driving organic growth in the food industry, particularly in meat, cheese, and bakery sectors. The ideal candidate will possess a proven sales record in process or packaging machinery and ideally have a technical background. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful UK sales office of a renowned European manufacturer, offering an attractive compensation package and benefits, including uncapped commission and a hybrid company car.

Benefits

Uncapped Commission
Hybrid Company Car
Good Pension
Private Healthcare

Qualifications

  • Proven track record in sales of process or packaging machinery.
  • Experience in food industry sales, especially meat, cheese, and bakery.

Responsibilities

  • Manage an established sales area and grow turnover organically.
  • Involve in demo and installation of equipment.

Skills

Sales Management
Food Processing Machinery Sales
Packaging Machinery Sales
Project Management
Technical Background

Education

Engineering Qualifications

Job description

A great opportunity managing an established sales area for a manufacturer of food processing machinery supplied to the food industry, with a £100K package on offer to the successful candidate.


Seeking an experienced field Sales Manager who has sold food process & / or packaging machinery.


BASIC SALARY: circa £55,000


BENEFITS:

  1. Uncapped commission to earn circa £30,000
  2. Choice of Hybrid Company Car
  3. Good Pension
  4. Private Healthcare

LOCATION: Home based and covering the South West of England - south and west of Birmingham - you must live in the area


COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Bristol, Birmingham, Swindon, Bath, Exeter, Gloucester, Cheltenham


JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Manager, Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - food processing machinery, packaging machinery, PPMA, AutomateUK


A classic Area Sales Manager role managing an established sales area and a portfolio of blue chip accounts in the food industry (specifically in the meat, cheese, pet food, bakery, dairy and confectionery markets) with a brief to grow the turnover organically over time.


This is a hands on sales role involving the demo and install of basic equipment plus some involvement in project management.


PERSON SPECIFICATION: Sales Manager, Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - food processing machinery, packaging machinery, PPMA, AutomateUK


  1. You WILL have a proven track record in sales of process or packaging machinery or similar into the food industry.
  2. Specific experience of food process machinery & / or of selling into the meat, cheese, pet food & bakery markets would be advantageous.
  3. You WILL ideally have a technical background and engineering qualifications.

THE COMPANY:

This is a very well established and successful UK sales and service office for a European manufacturer of food processing machinery supplied to the food industry.


INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.


Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.


Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.


REF: MPH18089, Wallace Hind Selection

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