Area Sales Manager (Material Handling)

Alexander James Recruiting is currently working with a fast growing dealer of material handling equipment looking to recruit a new area sales manager to cover and develop their client base across the West Midlands selling both forklift hire and other material handling products. With excellent, uncapped commission opportunities and scope for growth, this is a great opportunity for either an experienced forklift sales professional or a sales professional from a related industry in capital equipment to develop their career.
Responsibilities

• Managing an existing client base across the West Midlands
• Business development across this region. Depending on where you're located the company will cater for this and work the area around you
• Generate new business by visiting customers on site, conducting site surveys and providing customer quotes for forklift hire
• Providing a consultative sales approach in order to win new business in the hire and sale of other equipment to include pallet trucks, service contracts and cleaning equipment
• Take responsibility for region revenue stream and overall growth

Requirements

You will ideally have worked in a sales role within forklift trucks before, with a proven track record in the industry. You will be proactive in your approach to selling and will have a solid understanding of equipment hire. As an alternative to forklift sales experience, the company are willing to consider candidates from other industries within capital equipment as long as candidates have experience of providing a consultative sell and have experience of conducting site surveys. Candidates from sweepers and other cleaning equipment as well lifting equipment and other warehouse products would be suitable in this regard. In terms of location, the company are willing to consider candidates based anywhere across the West Midlands and surrounding areas..

Benefits

• Competitive salary dependent on experience (up to £45,000)
• Excellent uncapped Commission potential (OTE £50,000-£70,000 achievable)
• Electric company car
• Genuine growth opportunity, working with a fast growing yet already well established company within forklift trucks
• Pension Scheme
• 22 days holiday + statutory (rises up to 25 after each one year of service)

The Company

The company are a rapidly growing provider of forklift trucks and numerous other material handling equipment to include sweepers, pallet trucks, service contracts and storage systems. Having been run for nearly ten years, the company have been developing a solid reputation in the West Midlands and have ambitious growth plans which will provide the successful sales individual the opportunity to grow with the company.

To find out more about this opportunity, please get in touch with Jordan Cox on 07399056443

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