Job title: Sales Manager
Location: Portsmouth
Salary: £60,000 - £80,000
Job type: Permanent
An established technology-led engineering business is seeking an experienced Sales Manager to drive growth across the UK and European markets. This is a high-profile opportunity for a commercially driven sales professional who enjoys developing new business, managing distribution networks, and building strong customer relationships across international territories.
As a Sales Manager you can benefit from:
- £60,000 - £80,000 salary
- Commission structure
- 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Hybrid working
- Opportunity to lead growth across UK and European territories
The role of a Sales Manager will include:
- Develop and execute sales strategies across the UK and European markets
- Identify and secure new business opportunities and high-value customer accounts
- Manage, support and grow distribution partner networks across Europe
- Promote integrated hardware, software and remote monitoring solutions
- Represent the business at trade shows, industry events and customer demonstrations
- Work closely with marketing teams to support market growth and customer engagement
- Maintain accurate CRM records and sales forecasts
- Monitor performance against sales targets, quotations, meetings and revenue objectives
- Negotiate commercial agreements while maintaining strong long-term customer relationships
The ideal Sales Manager should have the following skills and experience:
- Proven sales or business development experience within the Power Utilities or Industrial sectors (Power Utilities experience desirable)
- Experience selling integrated hardware and software solutions, SaaS platforms or application-based products (desirable)
- Strong background in managing and developing third-party distribution partners
- Excellent business development, account management and relationship-building skills
- Commercially astute with strong negotiation capabilities
- Comfortable travelling internationally on a regular basis (approximately 40-50%)
- Self-motivated with the ability to manage a territory autonomously
- Strong CRM and sales pipeline management skills
