LCS Sales Internal Manager
Westhoughton, Bolton, GB, BL5 3XB
“Innovative solutions for sustainable and affordable beverages, food and essentials” – we have a clear vision at Krones. For this purpose, we supply state-of-the-art technology to our customers worldwide.
With its headquarters in Westhoughton, Bolton, Krones UK is the hub for Krones activities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Our team of about 160 employees offers our customers a wide range of solutions spanning from sales and project management through to a variety of services.
Interested? Then join our team because: we can achieve more together!
Let's create impact beyond tomorrow What awaits you
- Manage the Lifecycle Service quotation and order management processes, ensuring customer enquiries are handled accurately and professionally.
- Lead, coach and develop the sales coordinator teams responsible for retrofits, spare parts and other LCS products.
- Drive continuous improvement across the team, supporting the ongoing development of people, processes and overall performance.
- Contribute to the achievement of LCS financial and order intake targets through excellent customer service, responsive quotation management, proactive follow-up and efficient order processing.
- Drive quotation and order turnaround performance, ensuring agreed KPIs are achieved and proactively addressing delays, bottlenecks and competing priorities.
- Lead daily and weekly team meetings to manage new and outstanding actions, customer follow-up, and escalations.
- Provide hands-on quotation and order-processing support where required to maintain customer service and operational continuity.
- Provide technical guidance to the LCS team throughout the quotation and order management processes.
- Coordinate and escalate LCS-related matters concerning deliveries, quality, response times and quotation prioritisation.
- Monitor incoming enquiries, open quotations, outstanding orders and team capacity, allocating resources appropriately.
- Liaise with customers and the field sales team regarding quotations, orders, deliveries, invoicing, price changes and customer service matters, ensuring effective communication.
- Support overdue debt matters where Sales involvement is required, working with customers, Finance and relevant colleagues to progress outstanding issues.
- Act as a point of contact for Western Europe Management and deputise for the Head of LCS Sales, as required and within the scope of the role.
Your Profile You contribute
- A minimum of three years’ experience within the same or a comparable industry, supported by a proven track record.
- A degree-level qualification in business, engineering or a technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrable experience in team leadership, including coaching, developing and managing team performance.
- Strong customer service and commercial awareness, with experience of similar sales processes and using KPIs to prioritise activity and drive operational performance.
- Experience using Microsoft Office and SAP is essential; experience using Salesforce is preferred.
- Good computer literacy, with the ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Effective written, verbal and face-to-face communication skills, with the ability to communicate confidently at all organisational levels.
- Self-motivation and the ability to work efficiently to achieve agreed objectives.
- The ability to collaborate effectively across functions and with other departments within the company.