Sales Manager

About the company

Hybrid / Field-Based | Flexible Working Join an established, market-leading specialist delivering high-performance process, purification, and recovery systems across high-growth sectors. Operating nationally, they combine decades of engineering leadership with a dynamic, growing business model, offering exceptional career stability, a collaborative culture, and direct influence over commercial strategy as senior leadership steps back to focus on expansion.

Your tasks

Ready to step into a high-impact, autonomous sales role with a rapidly expanding engineering specialist?

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Drive New Business Growth: Proactively identify, target, and convert prospective industrial accounts across the UK via phone, email, and face-to-face site meetings.
• Develop Key Accounts: Build lasting, consultative relationships with existing clients, identifying lifecycle opportunities including capital equipment, system upgrades, servicing, and optimisation.
• Technical Solution Consultations: Work closely with in-house engineering and technical specialists to conduct site surveys, assess client process needs, and develop commercially sound, highly credible proposals.
• Full Sales Cycle Ownership: Own opportunities from initial inquiry or prospecting through technical scoping, quotation, commercial negotiation, and close.
• Focus on Industrial Clean Water Solutions: Deliver high-value, sustainable solutions across water softening, filtration, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, mineral addition, and ionisation (specifically non-wastewater/industrial process applications).
• Pipeline & Strategic Management: Maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline forecasting, and revenue/margin tracking while collaborating directly with the Managing Director to shape market focus.
• Seamless Project Handover: Coordinate effectively with operations and service teams to ensure flawless delivery and ongoing client support post-sale.

Requirements

If you are a proven Sales Professional with technical experience in industrial water treatment systems and are looking for competitive earnings, strong career progression, and direct access to senior leadership, this is the role for you.

• Water Treatment Sales Experience (Essential):Successful sales track record within clean/industrial process water treatment (e.g. reverse osmosis, softening, filtration, ion exchange, pumps, or related process systems).
• Industry Background: Previous experience working with or selling into food & drink, data centres, aerospace, or with major industry players is highly advantageous.
• Technical Understanding: Ability to analyze industrial manufacturing processes, ask incisive questions, and translate client requirements into practical, well-scoped proposals alongside technical teams.
• Mobility: Willingness to travel across the UK for client meetings, site assessments, and industry engagement.

What we offer

(Ideal for candidates commutable to major UK networks) £40,000 - £55,000 Base Salary + Commission + Bonus +Car / Fuel / Allowance + Health Cash Plan + Benefits

How to apply

If this sounds like your next career move, get in touch today with Hazel Luna on to discuss the position in confidence.

Other

Sales Manager - Technical & Industrial Solutions Location: UK Wide / Remote (Field-Based / On the Road)

Please note: Candidates must have valid legal authorization to work in the UK. Elix Sourcing Solutions is a specialist recruiter for Engineering, IT and Science roles ranging from mid to senior level positions. Please be aware that we will only accept applications from candidates that have a valid work permit to work in the UK. By applying to this job you are confirming that you do not hold a criminal record and that you know of no legal reason why you would be ineligible for employment.