Area Sales Manager

Job description

Area Sales Manager

Territory: North East (must live in territory)

Field-based/Remote across North East England

NHS-focused medical devices

GBUK Group is a rapidly growing medical device organisation, recognised as a top 20 NHS supplier, with a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and partnership working.

We are now looking for an experienced Area Business Manager to join our Vascular Division, covering the North East territory.

The role:

You will be responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of NHS hospital accounts, selling GBUK’s vascular product range and working closely with clinical and procurement stakeholders across the hospital.

This is a true territory management role where success comes from:

• Building strong, long-term relationships
• Understanding clinical pathways and decision-making
• Developing and executing a clear account and product strategy

Key responsibilities

• Achieve and exceed sales targets across the North East territory
• Identify and develop opportunities within existing and new NHS accounts
• Build relationships with key decision-makers, influencers, and KOLs
• Lead the sales process from product introduction and evaluation through to contract negotiation
• Analyse market and competitor activity to inform territory strategy
• Maintain accurate CRM activity, forecasting, and reporting
• Represent GBUK professionally at customer meetings, events, and internal forums

About you:

• Proven commercial sales experience (minimum 3 years), ideally within medical devices or NHS-facing healthcare sales
• Strong understanding of NHS structures, procurement, and decision-making
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
• Self-motivated, organised, and results-driven
• Comfortable managing a large territory and working autonomously
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car
• Must live within the territory, for example, Newcastle, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Durham etc.

Why GBUK Group?

• A values-led organisation with a strong internal culture
• Over 90% of leadership roles filled through internal promotion
• A supportive, collaborative sales environment
• A business that genuinely prioritises patient care, innovation, and doing the right thing
• Opportunity to build a long-term career and develop

If you’re an experienced sales professional looking to join a growing, respected medical device company where relationships and outcomes matter, we’d love to hear from you.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

North East

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

17-04-2026

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English