Area Sales Manager (French Speaking)
Area Sales Manager - France & Europe (French Speaking)
£45,000 - £55,000 + Benefits
Manchester Area | Office Based When Not Travelling
A leading international manufacturer of advanced optical sorting, inspection and machine vision technology is looking to appoint a French-speaking Area Sales Manager to drive growth across France and selected European territories.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially driven sales professional who enjoys developing new business, building long-term customer relationships and selling high-value technical solutions into manufacturing and industrial environments.
The Role
Reporting directly to senior leadership, you'll take responsibility for growing business across France and parts of Europe, managing an established customer base while rebuilding key relationships and developing new opportunities.
This role will have a strong new business focus, with approximately:
- 70% Business Development
- 30% Account Management
You'll work closely with manufacturers, processors, distributors and partners, helping customers improve quality, productivity and efficiency through advanced inspection and sorting technologies.
Following an initial training and onboarding period of approximately three months, you'll take ownership of your territory and play a key role in the company's continued European growth.
Regular European travel is required, typically 1-2 weeks per month.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a strategic sales plan across France and assigned European territories
- Re-establish and strengthen relationships with existing and dormant customers
- Identify, develop and convert new business opportunities
- Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting through to closing
- Conduct customer meetings, presentations and product demonstrations
- Work closely with distributors, agents and end users
- Prepare quotations, proposals and commercial agreements
- Maintain accurate CRM records, forecasts and pipeline activity
- Represent the business at exhibitions, trade shows and industry events
- Collaborate with internal technical and operational teams to ensure successful project delivery
Requirements
- Fluent French (written and spoken)
- Proven B2B sales experience within a technical, industrial, engineering or manufacturing environment
- Strong business development and relationship-building capability
- Experience managing complex sales cycles and multiple stakeholders
- Commercially astute with strong negotiation skills
- Able to work independently and manage a European territory effectively
- Based within reasonable commuting distance of Manchester, with office attendance required when not travelling
Desirable
- German language skills
- Experience selling capital equipment, automation, inspection systems, machine vision, industrial machinery or manufacturing technology
- Experience working across European markets
What's On Offer
- £45,000 - £55,000 basic salary
- Profit share scheme
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Extensive product and application training
- Genuine international sales responsibility
- Opportunity to join a market-leading technology business
- Long-term career development within a growing European operation
If you're a driven French-speaking sales professional looking to combine international travel, technical sales and business development within a growing technology business, we'd be keen to hear from you.
Apply today or Email Woody Thomson at w.thomson@chromarecruitment.com with an up-to-date copy of your CV
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Pension Scheme: Auto-enrolment with eligibility to full membership of a Defined Pension Scheme on completion of a 3 month probation period;
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Holidays: 25 Days per anum plus 1 Day Birthday Leave;
This job description serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform other job-related tasks requested by management and as necessitated by the development of this role and the development of the business.