Sales Consultant - Key Accounts

Posted 07 October 2025
LocationGloucestershire
Job type Permanent
Discipline Industrial Recruitment
ReferenceRI/DF-10

Job description

​Sales Consultant: Key Accounts

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time: 37.5 hours

Department: External Sales

Location: The successful candidate should live in post code areas of GL and MP area, with quick access to motorway networks.

The Company:

Our client provide automation and fluid control solutions for factory and laboratory applications. Our target sectors are automotive, food, beverage & packaging, and the life science sectors.

Our Client is the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation in Japan. The UK operation is located at a substantial 14-acre site in Milton Keynes, which houses their UK offices, design, factory, and warehousing, they are the UK and global market leader in its field.

The Person:

They are looking for a certain type of person to join our Sales team.

If you sometimes wonder why others don’t always share your passion to get things done, you’ve got drive. They like that. If you don’t like losing at games, you sound competitive. they like that. If you can quickly strike a rapport with strangers, you sound engaging. they like that. If you’re always looking for a better way, you’re trying to grow. they like that.

If the above describes you, we'd like to talk to you!

The Role:

As a Sales Consultant for Key Accounts, you will be responsible for managing large production OEMs across multiple sites. Your primary focus will be on growing the business within the East of England machine & device manufacturers sector by selling to senior management, supply chain, and engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Meet or exceed monthly and quarterly sales targets.

  • Create and work to a sales plan

  • Develop sales by understanding customer needs and building strong relationships.

  • Promote corporate value propositions

  • Identify and pursue new business opportunities and markets.

  • Maintain good working relationships with our distributor sales partners

  • Maintain accurate records of sales activities using their CRM system

Skills and Experience:

Our client prefer sales experience and an engineering-based technical qualification, but your attitude is more important to them. If you don’t have the experience but you still think you’ve got the drive, competitiveness, people skills, apply anyway..

What's Offered

Extensive sales, product & application training, both in classroom and in-field.

Our client are continuously working to make their team even more diverse and inclusive. They welcome applications from all and are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals. Our client has sustainable development goals as they believe in caring for our futures as well as the future of the planet.

Our client offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including, retail discounts, life assurance, Private Medical Cover, 25 days holiday including a holiday purchase scheme, a salary sacrifice personal pension plan and more!

The Selection Process

Upon successful application, candidates will be asked to undertake a first interview online followed by some online testing and lastly a second interview face-to-face, onsite at our clients Offices.