Position: Business Development Manager

Location: North UK (Ideally based close to M62 Corridor)

Salary: £Negotiable

The Company: Machine Tools/ Work holding

The Role:

* The successful candidate will ideally be Northern England based (Ideally along the M62 corridor) and you will be a Sales Engineering professional in either Machine Tool or the Work holding Field.

* Developing and implementing field sales strategies and action plans.

* Implementing marketing strategies; analysing trends and results.

* Active consulting and support of the customers.

* Identification of customer needs and offering of work holding solutions.

* Compelling presentation and sales of their product range on site and Online

* Increasing sales and market share.

* Acquisition of new customers & to extend the customer base in an already very established area.

* Participation in trade shows and customer open houses.

* Establishing and adjusting selling prices by monitoring costs, competition, and supply and demand.

* Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participation in professional societies.

Focussing on:

* 1st Tier Aerospace, Defence, Medical Companies and Gear manufacturers & General Engineering.

* Irish Market North and South.

* New Business.

* CentroteX market development across all markets.

Requirements:

* University degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred or similar.

* Several years of direct sales experience in the machine tool industry.

* Excellent communication and networking skills combined with high customer orientation

* PC knowledge Microsoft Office, Good general IT skills