Engineering Sales Manager

|Industrial & Energy - Management|Auckland

We’re looking for a Sales Manager, with strong technical acumen, to lead a specialist team by example in selling complex technical solutions to industrial clients across New Zealand.

This is a newly defined position based in Auckland and designed to bring focus and structure to an already capable team. You’ll step into a key leadership role where you’ll be guiding nine people in total, all focused on delivering high-value, engineered mechanical solutions. 
 
The Role
As Sales Manager, you’ll lead the technical sales function of a national product group providing several specialist heavy industrial plant products.

You’ll guide a sales team working on a wide range of projects, combining client engagement, commercial review, and technical oversight. Working closely with your General Manager, you’ll help shape the team’s professional approach to proposals, margins, and delivering quality. This is a leadership role that blends commercial drive with mechanical insight and team coaching, all within a supportive environment undergoing positive transformation.

You will:

  • Manage and support a team of 9 sales professionals
  • Oversee proposals for projects ranging from $50k to over $1M, with the potential for more
  • Work with long-term industrial clients on repeat business
  • Improve proposal quality, sales process, and commercial outcomes
  • Collaborate with service and engineering teams to ensure successful project handovers

The Company
Our client is a long-established, values-driven New Zealand engineering business supplying customised mechanical solutions to major industrial sectors. This is a company where people stay for years many for 5, 10, even 20+ years, because they believe in the quality of the work.

The team culture is down-to-earth and client-focused, with a strong reputation for delivering premium products, tailored solutions, and responsive service. You won’t be competing on price, you’ll be selling value.

The Auckland office is undergoing a period of change, creating an opportunity for a new Sales Manager to bring leadership, structure, and renewed energy to the team. You’ll be joining a business with loyal customers, strong internal knowledge, and a clear direction for future growth.
 
What’s in It for You?
You’ll be part of a collaborative, low-ego senior team that values improvement and progress over politics. Alongside a strong salary package, this role offers:

  • Leadership role with real scope to influence team performance and culture
  • Work with long-term clients and an expert, collaborative team
  • Supportive senior leadership with a clear direction for improvement and building a stronger, more professional sales culture
  • A Monday to Friday, primarily office-based role with limited travel
  • $140k – $180k salary package + full benefits

Ideal Experience

  • Proven technical sales experience industrial or manufacturing clients
  • Mechanical engineering degree or hands-on relevant technical background
  • Experience managing or mentoring technical sales staff
  • Strong commercial judgement and confidence with tenders, contracts, pricing, and sales process improvement
  • Excellent communication and the ability to simplify complex solutions

Bonus Points For

  • Experience with industrial energy plant equipment
  • Background in estimating, project management, or industrial service delivery
  • Hands-on leadership style and a practical, solutions-focused mindset

Apply Now
If you’re ready to lead a capable team, improve processes, and deliver technical solutions that make a real impact, I’d love to hear from you.
Apply now or reach out to Bethany Craigen for a confidential discussion on 04 282 1563, email bethany@trs.co.nz
 
PLEASE NOTE: We can ONLY consider applications from people already living in New Zealand and holding valid work permits or residency.

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