Conveyors & Sortation sales recruitment in Manchester
Search for mid to senior commercial hires across conveyors and sortation, including solution sales managers, sales engineers, pre-sales consultants and project sales managers. We screen for people who can carry engineered, project-led capital sales across long procurement cycles. On the ground in Manchester and across the wider North West conveyors & sortation cluster.
Manchester sits at the centre of the North West's distribution economy, anchored by Trafford Park and a dense network of logistics parks along the M60, M62 and M6, plus significant air freight through Manchester Airport. That concentration of warehousing, fulfilment and manufacturing creates one of the deepest markets in the country for forklift dealers, racking and storage installers, conveyor and sortation suppliers, and warehouse automation integrators. The city's universities produce one of the largest engineering and commercial graduate pools in the UK, keeping commercial and technical supply strong.
The North West's concentration of distribution, e-commerce and parcel operations, served by the M6 and M62 and the Port of Liverpool, makes it an important market for conveyor and sortation systems. The warehousing clusters around Manchester and Warrington are exactly the kind of high-volume operations these systems are designed for.
Vanderlande
Conveyors and sortation
Provider of conveyor, sortation and automation systems for warehousing, parcel and airports.
BEUMER Group
Conveying and sortation
Manufacturer of conveying, loading and sortation systems.
Interroll
Conveyor components and systems
Manufacturer of conveyor rollers, drives, modules and sortation technology.
Dematic
Conveyors and sortation
Provider of conveyor, sortation and automation systems, part of the KION Group.
Honeywell
Conveyors and sortation
Provider of conveyor and sortation systems through its intelligrated and automation business.
Daifuku
Conveying and sortation
Global provider of conveying, sortation and automated material handling systems.
Fives Group
Sortation systems
Provider of sortation and intralogistics automation systems.
TGW Logistics
Warehouse automation
Provider of conveying, automation and integrated warehouse systems.
Conveyor and sortation commercial talent is specialist and engineering-led. Many of the strongest sellers and sales engineers have a technical background and move between systems manufacturers and integrators, carrying credibility on system design and throughput. The pool of people who can manage large, multi-stakeholder capital projects from specification through to award is limited, and they tend to be loyal to employers with a strong delivery reputation, so confidential approaches and a clear brief are key.
Pay in conveyors and sortation is driven by project size, system complexity and the length of the procurement cycle. Solution sellers and sales engineers who carry large, engineered capital projects are rewarded above transactional roles, often with incentives tied to project award and delivery. Reward rises with the technical content of the sale, the scale of the systems involved and the seniority of the stakeholders engaged across long buying processes.
Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria provide direct national rail. The Metrolink tram network connects MediaCityUK, Spinningfields, the Northern Quarter and Trafford. Manchester Airport gives the city national and international reach unique among UK regions.
How we work
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We start with a structured kick-off that captures the commercial objective, not just the title. Reporting line, package, the deal sizes the person will sell, the technical buyers they will sell to, and the behaviours that succeed in your environment.
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We map where the right people actually sit, across direct competitors, adjacent intralogistics sub-sectors and proven environments in your region. This becomes the longlist of candidates we approach, not just whoever is on the job boards this week.
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Candidates are approached with a clear commercial narrative, not a job advert. We communicate the opportunity, the products, the customers and the growth path, so only genuinely relevant people move forward.
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Two structured commercial screens before a candidate ever reaches you. Track record validation, deal-stage probing, technical credibility and a credibility check on the numbers they have actually delivered.
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You receive a considered shortlist, not a CV flood. Each candidate is presented with strengths, potential risks and a fit assessment. We then support the process through to offer, acceptance and the first 90 days.
FAQs
Business development and solution sales managers, sales engineers, pre-sales consultants, project sales managers, key account managers and sales leadership, for conveyor and sortation manufacturers and integrators.
These are engineered, project-led capital sales with long procurement cycles and multiple stakeholders. A specialist recruiter screens for the technical credibility and project commercial discipline that win this business.
Yes. Sales engineering and pre-sales credibility is central to winning conveyor and sortation projects, so we recruit across both the commercial and technical sides of the sale.
Manchester is anchored by Trafford Park, one of the largest industrial estates in Europe, with dense logistics parks along the M60, M62 and M6 and significant air freight. That concentration of end users makes it one of the deepest markets in the country for handling, storage and automation.
A typical senior commercial search runs 8 to 12 weeks. The market is competitive, the best candidates are passive, and counter-offers are common, which lengthens the close phase.
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Email Rachel Lunn and the team. We will reply within one working day with a Manchester-specific conveyors & sortation market read for the role you have in mind.
Email Rachel Lunn/sales-recruitment/manchester/conveyors-sortation
Specialist commercial search for the intralogistics industry. We reply within one working day.
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