Technical Sales Manager (Leisure Marine)
Marine Resources
Are you a commercially driven sales professional who enjoys combining technical expertise, customer relationships and project ownership?
We're recruiting for an exciting newly created Technical Sales Manager position within a specialist marine manufacturing business that supplies high-performance products to racing yachts, superyachts and marine professionals worldwide.
This is a fantastic opportunity to inherit established international accounts while playing a pivotal role in developing a growing superyacht division. Working closely with the Sales Director and wider operational teams, you'll become a key commercial contact, helping customers deliver complex projects while driving sustainable business growth.
The Opportunity
This role combines technical sales, account management, project coordination and business development, making it ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with customers and seeing projects through from enquiry to delivery.
You'll manage existing customers across the UK and international markets while identifying and developing new opportunities within the superyacht, refit, management company and boatyard sectors.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and developing relationships with a portfolio of UK and international customers
- Identifying and securing new business opportunities within the leisure marine and superyacht sectors
- Supporting customers with technical specifications, quotations and bespoke project requirements
- Acting as the commercial lead throughout the sales process, from initial enquiry through to successful delivery
- Working closely with production and customer service teams to ensure projects remain on track and customer expectations are exceeded
- Building and managing a pipeline of opportunities within the growing superyacht market
- Monitoring market activity, industry developments and competitor trends
- Attending customer meetings, industry events, regattas and boat shows across Europe and internationally
- Negotiating commercial agreements and delivering profitable sales growth
We're keen to hear from candidates with strong B2B sales or account management experience who enjoy selling technical, engineered or specification led products.
You may come from a marine, engineering, manufacturing, performance sport or other technical sales background.
We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Proven success in B2B sales, account management or business development
- Experience selling technical or bespoke solutions
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial awareness and confidence negotiating opportunities
- Excellent organisational and project management abilities
- The ability to understand technical concepts and communicate them effectively to customers
- A proactive and self-motivated approach to business development
- Willingness to travel internationally when required
- Experience within the marine or superyacht sectors would be advantageous.
- £40,000 - £45,000 basic salary
- Performance related bonus
- Opportunity to join a respected specialist manufacturer with a global customer base
- Exposure to prestigious racing yacht and superyacht projects
- A newly created role with significant growth potential
- International travel
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Long term career development opportunities
Interested? Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion - (url removed) (phone number removed).
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