Senior Sales Manager
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The posting
Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing - improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications - from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
🔬 Senior Sales Manager – Precision Manufacturing
📍 UK (covering UK, France & Netherlands)
Build a career powered by innovations that matter.
At Novanta, our technologies are shaping the future of advanced manufacturing and healthcare - from enabling minimally invasive surgery to powering robotics and next-generation 3D metal printing.
We’re looking for a Senior Sales Manager to take ownership of a key European region and drive growth within our Precision Manufacturing business, specialising in laser, optics, and advanced photonics solutions.
🚀 Why this role is exciting
This isn’t a “maintain the numbers” role - it’s a chance to shape and scale a market.
In this role you will
- Own and grow a strategic UK, France & Benelux territory
- Work at the forefront of cutting-edge laser and photonics technologies
- Drive both new business and key account expansion
- Partner with global teams in a highly collaborative, international environment
- Have real influence on commercial strategy and customer direction
🔧 What you will be doing
- Lead sales growth across the region, delivering strong double-digit YoY performance
- Identify and win new OEM customers in advanced manufacturing markets
- Build and grow relationships across engineering, procurement, and supply chain stakeholders
- Develop and execute strategic account plans and territory strategies
- Manage a robust sales pipeline, forecasting, and CRM discipline
- Collaborate with technical teams to deliver complex, high-value solutions
- Represent Novanta at customer sites, industry events, and trade shows
✅ What you will bring
- Proven success in technical B2B sales (5+ years)
- Experience selling into OEMs with long design cycles
- Strong background in laser, photonics, optics, additive manufacturing, or precision engineering
- Track record of winning new business and growing key accounts
- Ability to engage confidently with both technical and commercial stakeholders
- A strategic mindset combined with hands-on execution
- Experience working in a global, matrix organisation
🌍 Additional details
- Coverage: UK, France, Netherlands
- Travel: ~50% (international)
- Languages: English required, French advantageous
🌟 Why Novanta?
At Novanta, you won’t just sell products - you will enable innovation in some of the world’s most advanced industries.
You will join a global technology leader where
- Innovation is at the core of everything we do
- Your work has a direct, visible impact
- You’re trusted to own your region and drive growth
- You collaborate with experts across engineering, product, and commercial functions
👉 Ready to make an impact?
If you are a driven, technically credible sales leader ready to take ownership of a high-potential region, reach out to Rebecca Pelham or apply today!
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
Where you can sell from
Fully remote, for people based in United Kingdom.
Taken from Novanta's own posting, last seen live on 13 Nov 2026.
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About Novanta
Engineered components and subsystems (motion control, force torque sensors and robot tool changers, lasers and beam steering, machine vision and RFID, surgical insufflators and pumps) sold to the makers of medical, robotic and advanced manufacturing systems.
Pay schedule: Salaried employees on a posted base plus quarterly sales compensation, an annual bonus or incentive pay depending on the business unit, with long-term incentives on some seats.
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