Area Sales Manager - Remote (UK-wide)

Ready to take full ownership of a high potential territory within a stable, international industrial organisation, while working remotely from the UK?

Mindsearch, a specialist recruitment consultancy focused on sales and commercial professionals across Europe, is currently supporting a well established, international industrial group operating within the advanced materials and technical solutions sector.

The company develops high performance industrial bonding solutions used by global manufacturers to enhance product durability, functionality and design across sectors such as automotive, medical devices, textiles, technical apparel and various industrial applications.

With a strong international footprint and a long standing industrial heritage, the organisation combines technical expertise, in house Research and Development (R&D) capabilities and a solution oriented approach to support customers across Europe and beyond.

As the organisation strengthens its commercial presence in the UK, it is now looking to appoint an Area Sales Manager to drive and develop the territory.

As an Area Sales Manager, you will take full responsibility for managing, developing and expanding your region. Acting as the key commercial representative in your territory, you will combine strategic account management, new business development and close collaboration with internal technical teams to deliver.

Your day to day responsibilities will include:

• Managing and developing territory with full ownership
• Visiting and developing existing customers across industrial sectors
• Identifying and securing new business opportunities through proactive prospecting
• Understanding customer manufacturing processes and technical requirements
• Coordinating closely with internal technical support and R&D teams to deliver tailored solutions
• Managing long and short sales cycles depending on project complexity
• Ensuring achievement of revenue and profitability targets
• Maintaining accurate CRM reporting and activity tracking
• Participating in weekly sales meetings and quarterly international sales conferences

This role is ideal for an experienced industrial sales professional who enjoys autonomy, technical environments and long term project based selling.

You are likely to be someone who:

• Has solid experience in B2B industrial sales
• Is comfortable managing long sales cycles and technical solution selling
• Has experience working with manufacturing or industrial clients
• Is highly autonomous and capable of structuring their own territory strategy
• Demonstrates strong communication and teamwork skills in a remote environment
• Understands the importance of margin, profitability and structured reporting
• Is motivated, resilient and driven to develop under managed territories

This opportunity offers full remote working across the UK within a stable, international organisation where you will manage your own territory while being supported by experienced internal technical and commercial teams.

In addition, you will benefit from:

• Competitive base salary depending on experience
• 20 % annual performance based bonus (revenue, profitability and engagement metrics)
• Structured two week onboarding program at the European headquarters
• Full autonomy in managing your territory
• International exposure within an established industrial group
• A collaborative, supportive and performance driven culture

Interested in taking ownership of a high impact territory?

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted to arrange a confidential initial conversation.