Area Sales Manager - Plant & Machinery

This isn’t a shiny corporate sales role with a flashy title – just a proper sales role with good people, quality kit, and the chance to grow something.
 
Why This Role Stands Out

• You’ll be trusted to run your patch like it’s your own business, with the freedom to make decisions, manage your time, and deliver results.
• You’ll inherit a book of current accounts, pick up any inbound leads which are currently two a month, but the real opportunity will be getting out there and developing new clients.
• Supportive owners, who are down to earth, will value your input and ideas, and genuinely back their team.
• You’ll be selling quality kit, and working with trusted brands that are widely used in the construction industry.
• As the business grows, there will be an opportunity to develop yourself and your career.

What You’ll Be Doing
 
You’ll be selling Plant / Machinery into the construction sector, working with well-known brands, realistic targets, proper support, and the kind of autonomy that lets you focus on building relationships and growing your own patch (Cheshire and Shropshire). You’ll focus on:

• Excavators, skid steers, and tracked vehicles (up to 3-tonne range)
• Selling to end users – construction firms, civils, groundworks, contractors, and landscapers or all sizes from one-man bands to large nationals.
• Generating new business with a proactive approach and on-site demos

 What You’ll Need

• Experience in plant machinery sales or a strong background in construction with the desire and personality to move into sales
• A proactive mindset – you’ll need to develop new business, this is not just an accounts management role.
• Confidence to engage with everyone from owner-operators to major contractors
• This is a field-based role; therefore, a driving license is essential.

What’s on Offer

• Up to £40,000 basic salary
• Uncapped bonus – realistic first year OTE of £43–45k
• Company vehicle - Ford Ranger
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + Christmas shutdown
• Hybrid working after training – 1 or two days in the office and the rest out in the field / working from home.

 
This position may suit a Field Sales Executive, Key Account Manager or Business Development Manager, Area Sales Manager or Regional Sales Manager, operating in the construction equipment, plant and machinery sector.

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