Area Sales Manager - Electronic Components

Job Title: Business Development Manager - Electronic Components

Sector: Lighting, Electronic, Manufacturing, OEM, Electrical Connectors, Terminal Blocks, Surface Mount PCB Connectors and Transformers

Area to be covered: South - ideally based South East

Remuneration: £50,000 neg. + £9,000-£10,000 commission

BMW Hybrid car & comprehensive benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager - Electronic Components will involve:

• Technical field sales position promoting a vast range of electrical components including terminal blocks and connectors
• Targeting the OEM and manufacturing sector
• Selling into Technical Managers, Developments Managers, Purchasing Managers, Managing Directors etc.
• Circa 300-400 active customers on the area over the last 18 months
• 85% account developments role, huge amount of repeat orders
• £1.1m revenue responsibility
• Transactional sell, average order value £500-£600
• Calling on the top 70-80 customers regularly
• Typically 12-15 customer visits per day
• Coving Birmingham South, but 70% of customers are South East based

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Electronic Components with:

• Must have OEM/ manufacturing field sales experience
• Open to most electrical field sales backgrounds
• Comfortable with a transactional/ regular sales process
• Technical competent
• 3-5 years proven track record in field sales
• Ideally working for a manufacturer
• Autonomous in nature
• Excellent work ethic/ goals driven
• Ideally have electrical / mechanical qualifications or related experience
• Highly organised and capable
• IT Literate

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist construction field sales recruitment consultancy, dealing exclusively with construction field sales jobs, construction field sales vacancies and specification field sales positions within: Lighting, Electronic, Manufacturing, OEM, Electrical Connectors, Terminal Blocks, Surface Mount PCB Connectors and Transformers