Sales Manager (Flexible Hose)

Location: Cardiff, UK; the role necessitates remote working and requires a valid UK driving licence.

Company

Manufactures and distributes flexible metallic hose and fluoropolymer hose assemblies for marine, refrigeration, petrochemical, and defence customers worldwide.

What you will do

• Identify, develop, and secure new customer accounts and sales opportunities.
• Manage customer relationships, enquiries, satisfaction, and internal representation of customer needs.
• Develop regional sales budgets, forecasts, activity reports, and project pipeline updates.
• Support marketing activities, sales events, shows, and market intelligence initiatives.
• Negotiate contracts and monitor pricing, costs, margins, turnover, and market share.
• Coordinate with internal departments and participate in technical committees and team meetings.

Requirements

• Essential field sales experience in the flexible hose sector and knowledge of its industrial applications.
• Demonstrated business development and sales growth results.
• Technical competence and the ability to discuss engineered solutions with customer engineers.
• At least five years of experience in a similar technical sales role or a relevant technical qualification.
• Strong communication, influencing, negotiation, networking, people management, and executive relationship skills.
• Very good written and spoken English and a valid UK driving licence are required.

Nice to have

• Successful marketing management experience with tangible outcomes.
• Experience providing direction to a business and sales team.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment with remote working.
• Work focused on self-management, continuous improvement, integrity, and task completion.
• Inclusive workplace committed to equality, ethics, and respect for diverse backgrounds.