Our client is a manufacturer of high quality inks for the specialist printing and packaging industry, with a reputation for technical excellence and innovation.

To continue the growth and success of the company they wish to appoint an Area Sales Manager to take responsibility for the company’s sales and business development.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maximising sales of printing inks, varnishes and sundries, with the best possible profit. Pricing authority remains responsibility of the Sales Manager.
• Establishing and maintaining contact to potential and existing customers with the target of fruitful long-term business relations.
• Solving technical problems at the customer’s location.
• Autonomous execution of printing trials as well as autonomous presentations of development products, documentation of the test results and the required assignments with the R&D laboratory.
• Close collaboration and common planning of activities together with the sales manager, sales department, product management, as well as with the Technical Service.
• Reporting, documentation, travel expense report and so on in each determined volume and time frame.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Candidate should ideally have a technical knowledge of Flexo printing.
• Minimum 3 years practical sales and/or technical experience in the above sector.
• Positive sales and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Candidate should be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently.

Whitehall is the Recruitment Specialist for the Chemicals, Coatings, Polymers, Life Science based Industries.