Area Sales Manager – Industrial Automation & Sensors – South England

South England | £50,000–£60,000 | Remote / Field-Based, customer visits across the territory

Are you a technically minded sales professional with a passion for automation, industrial technology and business development? Or are you an engineer looking to take the next step into a customer-facing field sales role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing sales team, working with customers across a range of industries involved in automation and process control.

The Role

• As Field Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for developing customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities and driving sales growth across the South UK territory. You will manage a portfolio of OEM and end-user customers, promoting innovative automation solutions and helping customers improve their industrial processes.
• The role offers a varied mix of account management, new business development and technical sales, with opportunities to work across an extensive product portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop relationships with OEM and end-user customers across the territory.
• Identify new business opportunities and drive sales growth within existing and new accounts.
• Promote a broad range of industrial automation and process control solutions.
• Develop opportunities across established product areas and emerging markets.
• Understand customer requirements and recommend appropriate technical solutions.
• Build strong relationships with customers through a consultative, solutions-focused approach.
• Keep up to date with industry developments, emerging technologies and market trends.
• Contribute to the wider objective of expanding the adoption of automation technology across UK industry.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong technical skills combined with commercial awareness and sales ability.
• A positive, innovative and proactive attitude, with the determination to succeed.
• A genuine interest in industrial automation and new technologies.
• Good electrical knowledge, ideally supported by practical industrial experience.
• Ideally, an ONC/HNC qualification or equivalent technical background.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following areas:
• Sensors and PLCs.
• Industrial networking.
• Machine vision.
• Process instrumentation.
• Condition monitoring.
• Industrial safety solutions.
• Industrial software and automation.
• IO-Link technology.
• Ideally, three years of field sales experience, although this is not essential for candidates with the right technical skills and motivation to move into sales.
• Full product training will be provided, making this a great opportunity for someone looking to develop their technical sales career.

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