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Area Sales Manager
Job Posted: 4 hours ago
Salary: £ 45,000 - 50,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Ready to take your sales career to the next level? A UK leader in specialist packaging machinery is expanding fast and creating a brand-new Area Sales Manager role for the North. With soaring demand in the food production industry, this is your chance to join a business on the rise.
SALARY: Up to £50,000
BENEFITS:
· Uncapped Commission - OTE in first year £65,000
· Company Car
· 25 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
· Healthcare
LOCATION: North UK
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield,, Preston, York, Newcastle, Middlesborough,Bradford, Hull, Wakefield,Sunderland,Carlisle, Warrington
JOB DESCRIPTION: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Territory Sales Manager - Capital Machinery, Manufacturing
As our new Area Sales Manager for the North, you’ll be home-based and working directly with the Managing Director to drive growth across the region.
This brand-new role gives you the chance to make a real impact, selling high-value packaging solutions ranging from £35,000 right up to £1 million. With a strong product portfolio behind you, you’ll bring your technical expertise to deliver technical solutions and capital equipment sales.
Flexibility to travel and stay overnight when needed will keep you close to your customers and at the heart of the action.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Territory Sales Manager - Capital Machinery, Manufacturing
Your main responsibilities, as our Area Sales Manager will be:
· Driving growth across your territory by strengthening existing relationships and winning new business.
· Balancing your time between account management (30%) and new business development (70%)
· Selling market-leading packaging machinery, with a strong focus on the food industry (70%) while also expanding into non-food sectors (30%).
· Representing the business at key trade shows and exhibitions, showcasing innovative solutions to new and existing clients.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR : Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Territory Sales Manager - Capital Machinery, Manufacturing
As our Area Sales Manager, you’ll be passionate about driving new business while nurturing key accounts. While we’d love someone based in the North West, we’re open to strong candidates from across the North — for us, the right person matters more than postcode.
You'll bring :
· Proven experience in industrial, technical, or engineering field sales — ideally with exposure to the food processing industry.
· A driven, self-motivated, and organised approach, ready to take on a new challenge in a fast-growing business.
· Confidence with technical and engineering terminology, ideally backed by an engineering background or relevant qualifications.
· A proactive mindset, with the ability to manage your own workload and deliver against deadlines.
· A personable, enthusiastic, and team-oriented attitude, paired with a strong work ethic.
WHY CONSIDER US?
We’re growing fast and take pride in our technical expertise, engineering know-how, and the professional service we deliver. Strong demand for our products means our sales team is expanding steadily. From our HQ in Leeds, we cover the UK and Ireland, supported by a dedicated team of specialised engineers for after-sales service. With decades of experience providing technical solutions and capital equipment, we offer a wide range of packaging machinery — including Horizontal and Vertical Form Fill & Seal machines, automatic packaging lines, Pouch Fillers, and Multi-Head Weighers — primarily to the food industry, with 30% of sales serving non-food markets.
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, Field Sales Manager, Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Territory Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager - Processing and Packaging Machinery, Capital Equipment, Machinery - Food Manufacturing, PPMA,
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
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: LO18196, Wallace Hind SelectionBefore You Apply
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