Sales Manager / Business Development Manager - Subcontract Manufacturing - Sheet Metal, Fabrication & Machining

Are you an ambitious, mechanically minded sales professional? Do you have experience dealing with a variety of industries - automation, energy, automotive, rail, defence, construction?

As part of my clients growth plans, they are seeking an enthusiastic individual to drive new business as well as maximise current opportunities.

The company has an exceptional reputation for quality and operates from a modern, well invested manufacturing facility providing sub-contract Laser cutting, CNC forming/bending, welding and fabrication.

The Package:

£55,000- £60,000

OTE - Based on new business targets and Account management (circa 20% of salary)

£6k car allowance

Mobile phone & Laptop

23 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing with length of service)

The Role:

Planning, managing and interacting with both existing and new customers.
Research and seek out market intelligence to ensure opportunities are generated, promoted and converted
Assist in the production of technical quotations
Visit customers to assess requirements and possible opportunities
Demonstrate the technical capabilities offered
Daily use of CRM and ERP systems
Develop the UK sales territory with a view to introducing additional industry sectors and opportunities

Requirements:

Technically and commercially astute within a sub-contract engineering environment, selling solutions to customers.
Experience working within a fabrication, sheet metal or machining environment.
Proven record of servicing technically challenging industrial environment - eg automation, energy, automotive, rail, defence, construction
Will have held one of the following job titles in the past; Sales Manager, Business Development Manager within a manufacturing environmentWR Engineering are the #1 recruitment partner for engineering, manufacturing & technical sales jobs. We recruit for permanent and contract jobs UK wide.

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