Area Sales Manager, South

Why Join Filtermist?

Filtermist Limited, part of the Swedish Absolent Air Care Group, is a UK market leader with over 55 years of innovation in oil mist, dust and fume extraction. Trusted by world-class manufacturers in over 60 countries - spanning aerospace, automotive, medical, and food processing, we take pride in cleaning the air for global industry.

· Early Friday Finish:
Condensed hours mean we finish at 12:45 PM on Fridays.

· Continuous Learning:
Tailored Personal Development Plans & peer-led Internal Masterclasses.

· Financial & Future Wellbeing:
Enhanced pension support (when you pay above the minimum) and an additional holiday purchase scheme.

· Purpose-Driven Culture:
Join a team dedicated to internal workplace culture and meaningful community initiatives.

Location: WFH, but expectation to be in Telford office periodically

Salary: Competitive + Company Car/Car Allowance + Bonus

We pride ourselves on our attitude and culture. Success in this role requires a commitment to our core behavioural competencies:

• Positive & Collaborative: A supportive team player who brings a solution-oriented attitude to daily challenges.
• Proactive Time Management: Self-motivated to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and drive operational efficiencies.
• Professionalism: An exceptional communicator and company ambassador who builds respectful relationships with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Quality & Customer Focus: Takes pride in delivering excellent service, keeping both internal and external customer needs at the forefront.
• Continuous Improvement: Open to learning, adapting to new systems, and driving both personal and business development.
• Safety & Sustainability: Holds a strong awareness of safety, welfare, and regulatory compliance to protect our people and environment.

As an Area Sales Manager, you will drive profitable growth across the South of the UK by developing and winning industrial dust and fume extraction projects. Working directly with manufacturing businesses, you'll build trusted relationships, understand customer processes and deliver technically sound solutions that improve workplace safety, compliance and operational performance. You'll manage opportunities from initial enquiry through to project handover while growing your territory through both inbound leads and proactive business development.

• Generate new business opportunities across the territory.
• Convert inbound enquiries into profitable orders.
• Identify new applications and target customers.
• Develop long-term customer relationships.
• Understand manufacturing processes.
• Recommend technically appropriate solutions.
• Produce commercial proposals.

• Own and develop the South UK territory.
• Maintain an accurate CRM pipeline.
• Deliver sales and profit targets.
• Forecast accurately.

• Work with Engineering.
• Work with Projects.
• Work with Service.
• Ensure smooth project handovers.
• Monitor competitors.
• Support exhibitions.
• Share customer insight.

• Experience managing technical projects.
• Track record of achieving targets.

• Ability to understand manufacturing processes.
• Technical aptitude.

• Commercially driven.
• Relationship builder.
• Self-motivated.
• Organised.
• Consultative approach.