Area Sales Manager

Horner Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy seeks an experienced individual to join their technical sales team. This fully remote role involves managing customer relationships, producing quotations, and providing technical support. Ideal candidates will travel to the Cambridge area regularly and have a strong background in sales. The position offers a basic salary of £30K-£35K and a realistic OTE of £70K, along with benefits such as a fully expensed car and pension.

Benefits

Fully expensed car

Pension

Qualifications

• Must have experience in technical sales roles.
• Ability to effectively manage customer relationships.
• Proficient in producing detailed quotations.

Responsibilities

• Follow up on quotations and manage customer interactions.
• Produce quotation packs outlining payment terms.
• Provide technical support and liaise with supply chain.

Skills

Technical sales experience

Customer management

Quotation production

Technical support

Reporting and administration

Job description

Our client is looking for an individual with technical sales experience to join their busy filed based sales team.

Your main areas of responsibility will be:

Customer management

• By priority follow up quotations, further promoting services and experience and enhancing conversion rate
• Choose the most effective way to service the customer with least cost processing and service in mind
• Be flexible to handle sales calls, service in house quotations, you may be required to visit site to cover External Design due to high volumes of customer requests

Producing Quotation Packs

• By using effective questioning techniques establish customers’ needs in detail
• Produce quotation packs
• Produce the written quotations outlining the payment terms and proposal
• Consider design improvements to provide selling benefits

Technical Support

• Liaise with Supply Chain regarding suppliers to ascertain prices and technical information
• Gain an understanding and technical knowledge of competitors products
• Liaise with the Installations Team on booking in jobs ensuring all sufficient paperwork is available
• Work with the Technical Team to ensure smooth installation of large or complex projects
• Provide technical support including more technical drawings/quotations for Mail Order and Resellers providing training and guidance

Reporting & Administration

• Recording proposal information on quotes
• Follow up of quotations
• Provide progress report to line manager
• Continually feedback to Marketing and Merchandising regarding product range and the customer offer

This position is fully remote with two visits to the Head Office in Slough a month. Your client base will be in the Cambridge area so you will need to be able to travel there regularly.

Benefits

• £30K-£35K basic
• Realistic £70K OTE
• Fully expensed car
• Pension