Area Sales Manager (Northern Spain)
Date: Oct 15, 2026
Location: Madrid, ES
Company: DRiV
The Area Sales Manager is responsible for driving profitable sales growth within the assigned area, with a strong focus on new business development, customer acquisition, and market expansion. The role requires a proactive hunting mindset, combining strong field presence, commercial drive, and disciplined execution to identify opportunities, win new business, and grow market share. This is a sales specialist level position with direct ownership of territory development and customer growth. Home base: Asturias region.
What you will do:
- Drive profitable sales growth within the assigned area through active customer development and strong commercial execution
- Identify, pursue, and win new business opportunities across the territory
- Expand market presence by building relationships with new customers, distributors, workshops, and other relevant business partners
- Develop and implement area sales plans with a strong focus on business acquisition and revenue growth
- Build a healthy sales pipeline and maintain disciplined follow-up on leads, prospects, and commercial opportunities
- Increase share of business with existing customers while actively targeting new accounts
- Monitor market trends, customer needs, competitor activity, and pricing developments to identify growth opportunities
- Support commercial negotiations, pricing discussions, and customer agreements in line with company guidelines
- Prepare sales forecasts, pipeline updates, and regular performance reports
- Coordinate closely with customer service, supply chain, marketing, finance, and other internal teams to support execution and customer satisfaction
- Support product launches, promotional activities, and local market initiatives that drive commercial growth
- Follow up on customer issues, claims, and commercial matters to ensure timely resolution while protecting the customer relationship
- Represent the company professionally in the market and act as a strong commercial ambassador for the business
What will make you successful:
- University degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, or a related field is preferred
- Relevant experience in sales, field sales, business development, or commercial roles
- Experience in automotive aftermarket
- Proven ability to identify opportunities, develop prospects, and convert them into business results
- Proficient in Excel, spreadsheet data and analysis
- Strong commercial drive and customer-facing energy
- Fluent English
- Good analytical, organizational, and territory management skills
- Ability to work effectively across functions in a matrix environment
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- High level of ownership, persistence, and follow-through
- Willingness to travel as required within the assigned area (approx. 3-4 days in field)
What do we offer:
- Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) bonus
- Car benefit
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