National Sales Manager (Handling Equipment/Heavy Trucks)

Alexander James Recruiting is currently looking for an experienced sales professional to work for a well-established supplier of various specialist commercial vehicle & material handling products to cover and develop their client base on a national basis. With a package to include a competitive salary and unrivalled commission scheme within their sector, this is an excellent opportunity for a highly commercial sales professional who has the ability to sell high value equipment.  Responsibilities Managing an existing client base nationally Business development across these areas in selling a variety of specialist heavy/big trucks, reachstcakers, container handling & other handling equipment  Liaise heavily with an internal sales person to provide ongoing customer engagement  Work heavily with the Managing Director to strategically acquire new customer’s and calculating and achieving high margin’s  Account manage effectively by ensuring customer’s service requirement are being met adequately by the engineering team Requirements  Our client is seeking an individual with a strong appreciation of capital equipment products and crucially able to understand the nature of the role in terms of a high value, low volume sales process. You will preferably have experience of selling material handling equipment agriculture, commercial vehicles, heavy plant or similar and are able to demonstrate strong commercial acumen. Our client requires an individual able to work with customer’s over a long period of time and who appreciates the technical aspects of the products they sell as well as the ability to work on their own initiative in a strategic manner. The role is national with a degree of travel required though the individual can be based anywhere within reason.    Benefits Competitive salary dependent on experience (Up to £60,000) Excellent uncapped Commission potential (£80,000-£150,000 genuinely achievable) Company Car 25 days holiday + statutory + birthday  Growth opportunity, working with a leading organisation and well known brand within their sector Potential future management opportunity The Company                                                                 An extremely successful SME who have been operating for many years, our client is a provider of various high value, niche lifting and container handling products that serve the UK market. They have represented various brands over the years within heavy trucks, port and container handling and pride themselves on exceptional service with an excellent team of engineer’s. Due to some recent changes, they now require a sales person to work nationally in the sale of their mobile equipment range