Sales Manager

Watford
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Earn great money and generous commission in this home based Sales Manager role - selling our range of high-specification packaging machinery to customers all across the UK. We're a well respected global manufacturer - and this is an expansion hire! We're investing in YOU to develop our packaging machinery business within the cosmetics manufacturing industry as our specialist Sales Manager / Business Development Manager.
 
BASIC SALARY: Up to £65,000
 
BENEFITS:
· Good holiday package rising with service
· Company car or generous allowance option
· Home office setup
· Access to full company benefits package including 7% pension.
 
LOCATION: Home based role - UK Wide
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Bristol, Reading, London,  Croydon, Maidstone, Watford, Cambridge, Northampton, Coventry, Peterborough, Oxford, Luton, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, York
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager - Packaging Machinery, Special Purpose Capital Equipment
 
This Business Development Manager role is a home based sales / business development position, selling high specification packaging machinery to the cosmetic manufacturing sector. It is a pro-active business development role - working across the UK - following up leads, booking meetings and consultative, solution based sales of mid-price special purpose capital equipment.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager - Packaging Machinery, Special Purpose Capital Equipment
 
· You will leverage an excellent global reputation of high-quality machinery to sell our range of products to UK cosmetics manufacturers
· You will receive strong support from the UK Managing Director and the technical team globally
· Full and structured product training will take place across Europe
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager - Packaging Machinery, Special Purpose Capital Equipment
 
· You MUST have a proven track record of special purpose capital equipment / machinery sales
· You will be a hunter, rather than a farmer, with the drive and capacity to promote and sell our full range of high-spec packaging machinery to key customers and prospects in cosmetic manufacturing
· You're comfortable managing the full sales cycle - from lead generation, technical presentations, and quotations, through to negotiation and closing.
· This is a home based role with extensive planned travel across UK and Eire - visiting clients and following up leads.
 
Any experience of selling packaging machinery to the cosmetics, personal care or beauty sector would be an obvious advantage, but we are keen to hear from any sales professionals with capital equipment sales experience from any sector.
 
THE COMPANY:
 
Well-known international manufacturer - established over 40 years in the UK with over a 1300 machine installed base in the pharmaceutical packaging machinery sector. This hire is a proactive move to generate sales of cosmetic processing and packaging machinery across the UK. This is a successful market for the business globally, and you will leverage this success and existing relationships to generate sales of both individual units and full production lines with cosmetic manufacturers across the UK.
 
PROSPECTS:
 
Genuine potential to build a sales team under this person once established. This is part of the overall growth plan.
 
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services:  Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, National Sales Manager, Account Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Sales Engineer - Capital Equipment, Special Purpose Machinery, PPMA, Automate UK, Packaging Machinery, Process Machinery, Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical, Food Manufacturing, Beauty, Healthcare, Engineering.
 
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: SP18111, Wallace Hind Selection

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