Sales Account Manager- Honeycomb

We are looking for a Sales Account Manager to join our team in Oerlikon Neomet to drive the sales of Honeycomb and other Neomet products.

As a Sales Manager, you will play an integral part in creating and maintaining a sales plan to achieve targets with international customers in both the Aerospace and gas turbine industries.

You will use your experience and industry knowledge to maintain an up‑to‑date awareness of the market and our competitors and use this information to support the sales strategy.

• Competitive rates of pay
• Car Allowance or company vehicle
• Enhanced Pension contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Group Life assurance
• Private Health Care
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company Laptop and Mobile Phone
• Field Based role, flexible on location

• Prepare and support the creation of quotations, lead customer negotiations, and ensure timely follow‑up and feedback on all submitted proposals.
• Identify, communicate, and support cross‑selling opportunities across the Neomet product portfolio.
• Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline with sufficient opportunities to exceed annual revenue targets and support the five‑year business plan.
• Prepare, agree, and manage annual revenue budgets and provide additional financial data as required.
• Ensure that all new and existing business meets profitability expectations in line with company targets.
• Lead the initial management and support the introduction of new projects (NPI), ensuring smooth and effective handovers to the CSC team.
• Provide regular feedback on customers, competitors, market trends, opportunities, and pipeline activity during the monthly Sales Review.
• Monitor market demand for Honeycomb and Neomet products within the aerospace and gas turbine sectors.

• Ideally educated to degree/HNC level in engineering or qualified by experience
• Technical sales background within aerospace, oil and gas or other highly regulated industries.
• Excellent customer relationship management skills.
• Ability to utilise and understand budgets and forecasting.

• Target‑driven, self‑motivated, and able to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Proven ability to sell within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Ideally, experience or knowledge of surface treatments and/or thermal spraying processes.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently at all levels of an organisation.
• Solid industry understanding relating to surface treatments and their applications.
• Advanced IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Office and SAP systems.
• Experience using CRM platforms to manage customer relationships and sales pipelines.
• Ability to read, interpret, and work with technical drawings.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of confidently introducing services and solutions to customers.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required to support customer engagement and business development.

Pamela Dodd

Oerlikon is a global leader in surface technologies and advanced materials. With a unique portfolio spanning surface engineering, high‑performance materials, coating equipment and components, we make products better by enhancing performance, efficiency and sustainability. Oerlikon serves a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, energy, medical, luxury, semiconductors and tooling. Head‑quartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, Oerlikon operates in 38 countries with approximately 9,500 employees, achieving sales of CHF 1.6 billion in 2024.

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