Area Sales Manager

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Strategic sales professional winning new B2B packaging business for Signode in the UK. Owning prospecting, value selling, negotiation, contracts, and customer handover.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify and develop new business opportunities through proactive prospecting, networking, targeted outreach and lead generation
  • Build relationships with prospective customers, understand their business needs, and develop tailored, value-led solutions
  • Convert prospects into long-term customers, securing new contracts and SLA agreements
  • Own the full sales process from discovery and qualification through proposal, negotiation and close
  • Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline and accurately manage opportunities, next steps and forecasts through the CRM system
  • Develop commercial proposals and work within pricing and contract approval processes
  • Collaborate with Inside Sales and Customer Success to ensure smooth customer handover and onboarding
  • Monitor sales performance and pipeline activity to improve conversion rates and new business wins
  • Track market and competitor activity and share customer and market insights

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 5-10 years of B2B sales experience with a strong focus on hunting/new customer acquisition and closing deals
  • Experience with contract selling and value-based negotiations
  • Experience using CRM for pipeline management is an advantage
  • Strong prospecting, value selling, negotiation and closing skills
  • Commercial rigor: pipeline discipline, CRM usage, and structured follow-up routines
  • Ability to translate customer needs into compelling offers and packaged solutions
  • Resilience and tenacity in a target-driven environment
  • English required; additional local language(s) advantageous
  • Travel 3-4 days a week

Benefits:

  • Diverse and inclusive workplace
  • Signode does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or veteran status