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The role combines proactive sales activity, by identifying ageing, obsolete or underperforming elevator assets, with reactive selling.\nElevator industry experience is preferred. We are looking for someone with a strong track record in who is confident managing complex sales cycles and influencing multiple stakeholders.\nTo best serve our customers, we believe we need to understand their business, their challenges, their priorities and their long-term goals.\nYou will be comfortable communicating complex technical and commercial information to a wide range of stakeholders, from residential building owners and managing agents to commercial and retail facilities managers, property professionals, consultants and industry specialists.\nThis position would suit those living between Leeds and the North East.\nOTE £82,000\nKey Skills & Responsibilities\nOwn and develop the full replacement and modernisation sales pipeline across the designated Northern territory.\nDeliver agreed sales, revenue, margin and pricing objectives within the designated market area.\nDevelop new customer relationships and generate new business opportunities through targeted prospecting and networking.\nBuild strong relationships with building owners, property managers, facilities managers, consultants, managing agents and other key decision-makers.\nDevelop opportunities from initial identification through to negotiation, contract award and successful handover.\nProactively review the customer portfolio and installed base to identify ageing, obsolete, high-maintenance or technically constrained elevators that may require modernisation or replacement.\nHelp customers develop forward-looking modernisation and replacement programmes using life cycle management / Asset Management Plans\nAdopt a structured, consultative and solution-selling approach, focusing on customer outcomes rather than simply product features.\nUnderstand each customer's operational, financial, compliance, safety, accessibility and building-specific requirements.\nEnsure all sales activity, pipeline information, forecasts and customer data are recorded accurately and maintained within CRM/Salesforce systems\nA full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively across the North of England (3 days a week).\nWhat KONE can offer:\nWe offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday and additional Bank Holidays, 1 paid Volunteering Day, Company Pension Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Quarterly Commission, EV Car, PDI, Dental Plan, Gymflex Membership, Development opportunities and development reviews to help you achieve your professional goals. 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