Area Sales Manager

Location:

Northampton (NN1) – Northamptonshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom

Salary:

Basic Salary : £37,500 + UNCAPPED Monthly Commission, Year 1 OTE: £50k + Tesla Company Car + 25 Days

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Sales Jobs

Other Industries & Skills:

Manufacturing

Advertiser:

Wallace Hind Selection

Job ID:

132567705

Posted On:

22 December 2025

Are you experienced in B2B sales and hungry for more? Maybe you’re in internal sales or telesales and want the freedom and variety of external? Perhaps you’re local to Northampton and travel too far to your office. We don’t mind your situation! We manufacture and sell special purpose machinery into FMCG manufacturing, distribution and intra-logistics. As our new Area Sales Manager you can have an Electric Vehicle, uncapped commission and a realistic 1st year OTE of A£50,000+ which will grow year on year. Click !

BASIC SALARY: A£37,500

BENEFITS:
A· Personal uncapped monthly commission – expected 1st year OTE A£50,000+, with year-on-year growth
A· OTE by Year 4 expected A£75,000+
A· Tesla company car
A· 25 Days Holiday & Bank Holidays
A· Additional Well-being days
A· Early Finish on Fridays
A· Group life cover and income protection

LOCATION: Northampton

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Bedford, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Coventry, Rugby, Leicester, Peterborough, Luton, Wellingborough, Rushden, Corby, Kettering, Market Harborough.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Territory Sales Manager, National Sales Manager – special purpose machinery, capital equipment

We try to prioritise our working culture, it’s about you and the team. A job title is a job title. You are a salesperson and a good one at that. Who you are and your potential is just as important as what you can do, and we believe people bring their best to work when they are happy in their work environment.

Because of that we will guarantee your commission for the 1st six months to ease you in.

With our head office based in Northampton, as our Sales Manager, you will support customers across the UK within various manufacturing environments such as food, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics, distribution, logistics etc.

We are happy for applications from experienced sales professionals within 1 hour of Northampton.

RESPONSBILITIES: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Territory Sales Manager, National Sales Manager – special purpose machinery, capital equipment

As our Area Sales Manager, you will:
A· Work with our digital marketing and internal sales to gain your sales leads
A· Develop relationships with existing, legacy and dormant customers
A· Identify and build relationships with key decision makers in FMCG companies (food, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics)
A· Arrange and participate in multiple weekly customer visits – with likely one administration day in the office a week – we would like to see you occasionally!
A· Report via the SalesForce CRM system and create your own sales reports

YOUR BACKGROUND: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Territory Sales Manager, National Sales Manager – special purpose machinery, capital equipment

We don’t believe in micromanagement, so you will have complete control over your daily and weekly sales diary. Your ability to be organised and complete all tasks in a timely manner could make you right for this position.

To be successful you will:
A· Be experienced in B2B sales- we don’t mind if you are internal, external, telesales, business development etc
A· Can drive and motivate yourself to be successful alone or in a team
A· The ability to build relationships with engineering and technical decision makers, Health & Safety, Procurement
A· Have a full UK driving license and be prepared to travel to customers 3-4 days a week.

Any experience of product, hardware, equipment sales would help your learning curve as would having previously sold into manufacturing, distribution or FMCG environments.

THE COMPANY:

For over 100 years we have manufactured special purpose machinery across the UK. Part of a Global group known for innovation, we are constantly developing new machines and products to allow us to stay ahead of our competition.

PROSPECTS, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT:

Full product training will be provided for you, and the appropriate time given so that you have the time to learn about our products, services and our processes. We have training facilities at our UK headquarters, and you will likely visit our head office abroad too for further training when required.

You can join a stable, supportive, and evolving business who invest in R&D and new products and constantly release new solutions.

We have a large existing client base with blue chip clients for you to get your teeth into from day one.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: Area Sales Manager, National Sales Manager, Territory Sales, Business Development Manager, Business Development Executive, Sales Engineer – capital equipment, special purpose machinery, FMCG, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, manufacturing.

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: JAC18350, Wallace Hind Selection

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