Automation Sales Manager

Posted:
2/10/2026, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Exeter, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Sales & Account Management

As part of the KION ITS UK&IR Intralogistics team, the main purpose of this role is to develop and grow the sales & Service revenues of Intralogistics Solutions, specifically including AGV’s and AMRs. This role will be home-based, with significant UK travel and will involve overnights away from home as required.

We offer:

Main Duties and Accountabilities (recommended up to 10 points)

  • To increase sales of the KION range of AGV’s and AMR’s
  • Identify opportunities to expand/ extend business, and exceptionally serving the client
  • Work alongside the National key account and new business managers to help promote and develop the sales of AGV’s & AMR’s
  • To see tenders through to completion
  • Strong cooperation with Automation Project Engineers
  • Strong cooperation with Project Managers & Robotic Application Engineers to ensure optimisation of routes / right technical designed solution before the order and good handover after receiving the order
  • To promote AGV’s throughout your designated region
  • Work with and understand the flow plan development tool
  • To provide advice and expertise on Automation/Intralogistics to customers
  • Visit customer sites, develop solutions, help to produce detailed proposals and then be able to present the solution at all levels
  • Be able to meet challenging targets
  • Be able to produce return on investment calculations at both a detailed and overview level
  • Have a good understanding of solution-based selling
  • Comply with internal rules of submission to Leadership team before submission to end customer

Tasks and Qualifications:

Interfaces

Internal:

  • Intralogistics Team
  • Service Team
  • UK&IR leadership Team
  • Sales Teams across the UK&IR at Linde & Still & Dematic
  • ITS KION Marketing team
  • ITS KION Training Team
  • ITS KION Business Operations: Procurement
  • ITS KION Business Operations: NBA
  • ITS KION Finance
  • HQ in Germany

External:

  • Customers
  • Suppliers
  • Industry experts

Required functional competencies / experience / qualifications

  • Ideally with a good understanding of AGV’s and solution-based selling, but support would be given to the right candidate
  • Proven sales record ideally in sales development area
  • Experience in managing large tenders
  • Communication skills across all levels/ influence skills
  • An understanding of materials handling flows within warehouse operations
  • Previous experience of creating and presenting both hard copy proposals and PowerPoint presentations.
  • Confident communicator to all levels of stakeholder both internally (e.g. Directors) and externally (e.g. customers).
  • IT Literate – including intermediate PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Full driving licence.