Job Summary
Are you a skilled Sales Manager / Business Development Manager from a chemical products sales background? We are a very well established and growing manufacturer of own label chemical products to a diverse range of industries (primarily through distribution) looking to drive growth through strong account management, networking and following up leads from our marketing initiatives. Based in South Derbyshire and covering the UK.
Basic Salary
Up to GBP 60,000
Benefits
* 25 days holiday
* Company car or car allowance
* Bonus based on sales performance
* Full access to company benefits scheme after a qualifying period
Location
South Derbyshire (commutable to Derby, Nottingham, Burton on Trent, Loughborough, Leicester, Tamworth, Birmingham, Coventry, Lutterworth, Stoke on Trent, Dudley, Stafford, Rugby, Northampton, Telford, Sheffield, Mansfield).
Job Description
This Sales Manager role is a hybrid role: in the office at least a couple of days per week if not visiting customers. The Business Development Manager role will focus on the development of success through our existing (and growing) distributor/wholesale business. There is also the potential to develop new business with major and smaller consumer, professional brands manufacturers of bespoke own/private label products. You will work with R & D to modify and create new product development to custom requirements. We are also investing in internal R & D to generate new products to take to market. We specialise in a quick turnaround initial sales meetings to manufacture.
Key Responsibilities
* Support and mentorship of two existing experienced sales professionals.
* Develop sales through existing accounts and following client leads.
* Leverage relationships with businesses to open doors into sister and competitor companies and divergent sectors.
* Follow new leads from marketing, referrals and new website.
Person Specification
* Proven track record of sales, account management and business development success of a chemical product (cleaning, hygiene, janitorial, industrial, automotive markets).
* Experience of selling through distribution and to end users.
* Skilled at developing existing relationships with key accounts.
* Credible in selling a technical product: but from a features, benefits, applications perspective rather than necessarily understanding the chemical make up of the range.
* Strong, independent and driven sales professional (works to margins, not just turnover) with capacity for strategic business development.
* Able to sell at a variety of levels up to C‑suite level meetings: talking about the specification of new products.
* Any exposure to own/private label would also be an advantage.
Company
Well-established (almost 40 years) SME with a great reputation with some very big name clients as a specialist manufacturer of own label chemical products. Our turnover has doubled over the last few years and we’ve just taken on a new manufacturing site.
Prospects
There is a genuine path to the Sales Director role within a reasonable time frame. There is the potential to grow a team as the role and company grows.
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