JP Trett Recruitment
Country Sales Manager
24th April 2024
Location: UK – South/South West
Responsibilities:
- Present, promote, and sell the range of agricultural / livestock engineering products/services through direct engagement with existing and prospective customers.
- Optimise the customer experience to meet current needs and plan for future agricultural engineering developments with the farming client base.
- Establish, develop, and maintain positive business and customer relationships within the farming community.
- Reach out to customer leads through cold calling and follow up on sales referrals.
- Expedite the resolution of customer problems and complaints to maximise satisfaction.
- Achieve agreed-upon sales targets within schedule.
- Maintain and report on sales funnel through regular meetings and feedback to the Managing Director (MD).
- Coordinate sales efforts with team members and other departments.
- Analyse and report on sales territory, including market potential and competitive activities.
- Provide the MD with reports on customer needs, interests, and potential opportunities.
- Stay updated on best practices, industry specifications, and promotional trends in the target market.
- Continuously improve the sales effort through feedback and engagement with the MD.
- Submit sales forecasts with continuous updates.
Requirements and skills:
- Proven work experience as a Sales Executive in the general engineering sector, with a focus on agri engineering solutions.
- Highly motivated and target-driven with a proven track record in sales.
- Excellent selling, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Ability to create and deliver solutions tailored to the farming community’s needs.
- Relationship management and solution-driven skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Agri Engineering or related field preferred.
- Excellent working knowledge of CAD, MS Office (especially Excel and Word).
- Prioritising, time management, and organisational skills.
The ideal candidate will:
- Adopt a solution-driven approach in sales engagement.
- Demonstrate a passion for customer service.
- Possess extensive knowledge of the product range.
- Identify prospective customers and ensure high quote/sales order conversion rates.
- Emphasise the unique features of products to highlight their value to farming clients.
- Respond quickly and professionally to customer inquiries.
How to apply
If this sounds like you, you’re positively motivated by the opportunity to join a leading brand within the agricultural sector and have the necessary attributes to perform to a high standard, we’d love to hear from you!
Send us a copy of your latest CV (in complete confidence), and a little bit about yourself.
You can send it directly to us:
- james.garrod@jptrett.com
- hannah@jptrett.com
You can also call: 0845 643 2896 or visit the website for more farming job vacancies