National Sales Manager

Based Cork or Munster area, Ireland

Are you a National Sales Manager/Head of Sales/Director of Sales with a hunter mentality?

Are you a true value creator/sales manager where you can clearly demonstrate launching new products nationally in Ireland or across other territories to create a market and significant sales revenues year on year?

Have you worked for an equipment distributor to sell engineered products or technical, capital equipment sales direct to end users such as Biopharma, Bioprocessing, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Distilleries, Refineries or through engineering consultancies/third parties in Ireland?

If the answer is yes to all the above, then this is the perfect Sales Management opportunity based in Ireland right now for you!

Our Client

Our client is the market leader in their field. The are exclusive distributors of Tier 1 engineered, capital equipment products to Tier 1, blue chip manufacturing and engineering companies in Ireland. They have a reputation that is second to none for providing capital equipment for tailored project engineering solutions.

To maintain their market leading position and as part of their succession planning and on-going growth strategy, they have created a brand new position for a Sales Manager for Ireland.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the Sales Manager Ireland will be responsible for driving growth across the Irish market and take responsibility for selling capital equipment to their existing manufacturing/engineering customer base by leading the sales team, managing key accounts and developing winning sales strategies that are then executed by the expert engineered product sales team in country. There are new products to launch in 2026 as well as to maintain their market leading position in Ireland.

The ideal candidate:-

• You will have a minimum 5 years’ successful people/sales management experience in Ireland.
• You will have worked for a distributor organisation or have been responsible for creating distributor partnerships that have yielded real revenue and gross margin.
• You must have been responsible for growth of a sales organisation and can demonstrate a clear and consistent track record of €multi-million year on year growth.
• You will have been a Business Development Manager, Head of Business Development, National Sales Manager, Head of Sales or Equivalent and have exceeded annual turnover expectations set by the business having smashed all sales and Gross margin targets set year on year for the company.
• You will understand engineered equipment/capital equipment/technical solution sales and must hold an Engineering Degree or Equivalent Qualification
• Be an outstanding, data driven sales leader/manager who can lead a strong sales team from the front to win annually and hit/exceed all sales targets set for Ireland.
• You will have a strong desire to win in business and a hunger to succeed both personally and professionally as there is real money making potential, career advancement on offer for the right sales management professional.
• Have a valid & clean Irish driving licence with the willingness to travel extensively across Ireland to customer site in order to win new/grow existing business

The potential on offer for the right Sales Manager:

We are looking for a real value creator in the next Sales Manager Ireland appointee. As such, there are great earnings potential on offer for an outstanding sales achiever with an entrepreneurial spirit plus company benefits expected at sales management level and there is real opportunity for fast track advancement within the business.

To apply for the role, email emma@beautifulrecruitment.com or call Emma at Beautiful Recruitment on 0203 9111 000 today If you have any questions.

Applicants must have the right to work in Ireland and have a full and clean driving license.