European Sales Manager

My established and reputable client has a real passion for their construction engineering plant product range and other areas within their industry and have diverse and award winning portfolio. This role is an exciting business development role that includesfrequent travel to their European customers and dealers to assess their supplier performance, adapt and improve and boost sales as well as source new sales and market trends. My client has an established client base with dealers and are very successful withtheir portfolio but are looking for a forward thinking sales professional who can make improvements, deliver sales performance and drive their business forward in Europe. You will be working closely with the CEO, partners and marketing teams based in Buckinghamshireso this role would suit someone based locally to the site as when you are not travelling to Europe for clients you will be expected to be at the plant site, therefore you must have a full UK driving licence and passport an d be willing to travel and stay awayfor this field sales role. This is a rare opportunity for a tenacious business development professional to really showcase their skills and make a name for themselves in this specialist sector.

The ideal Group Sales manager will have the following, experience, attributes and skills;
- Good technical sales experience of construction equipment such as construction plant equipment, powered access equipment, cranes, construction lifting equipment, cherrypicker, FLT, engineering plant industry or similar hire plant industry equipment in theconstruction, rail, utility sectors or similar
- A strong background in field sales, business development, key customer management, account management, dealer management, distribution management. You must have proven Sales experience and be able to sell and deal with clients at all different levels andsizes.(please advise of major achievements/ targets / business won/ sales)
- Excellent customer service and client customer facing experience and skills
- Full UK driving licence and UK passport as frequent travel (or EU driving licence)
- Commutable to the Buckinghamshire site office as this is where this role is predominantly based. This is a field sales role that will be covering European dealers sites so will require frequent travel, it can be remote home based but will require regulartravel to the Buckinghamshire office when you are not visiting clients in the UK and in Europe.
- Motivational, strong leadership skills wit ability and vision to expand and grow the existing client base
- Excellent communication and interaction skills
- ability to communicate, motivate,lead others in the marketing teams, dealers and clients. You must be engaging and able to lead from the front. You must be able to work closely with the CEO and present yourstrategic sales plans and be client facing,
- Industries such as engineering, construction, rail or utilities or similar industries would be of interest but the sales manager can be from any industry as long as they have the above experience of selling plant equipment

This European Business Development manager role will be responsible for the following;
- Identifying, generating and developing new business opportunities in Europe and in the UK (new distributers, new dealers, new clients and strategic partners)
- Visiting, Assessing, supporting, maintaining supplier management and managing and developing relationships with existing European distributors and dealers and driving their sales forward
- Sales exhibitions, trade exhibitions, meeting dealers, identifying and managing new sales opportunities and developing existing customer client relationships
- Closely working with CEO,technical teams, marketing teams and customer service on sales opportunities and dealer support