Regional Sales Manager/Territory Manager North of M25 area to Birmingham
About us:
We are an established, well known commercial lighting manufacturer in the UK electrical industry. Our Company is based on a platform of providing excellent customer service, built from the origins of the business some 20 years ago. Our business now continues to build its development into the future with a strategy built around quality first. We are an ISO9001 company with manufacturing facilities using the latest robot technologies and we offer a "next day" supply structure that sees our wholesale customers serviced on a 7 'til 7 basis. Supply is from our extensive stock holding of in excess of 5000 pallet ways (lighting and associated products) held in a modern warehouse implementing six sigma techniques and processes.
Based near Barnsley, our modern UK HQ has extensive meeting and training facilities, featuring an exclusive Light Studio where the latest lighting concepts can be fully explained to our clients. With our striking new brand, our aim is to be more informative and distinctive to help our customers understand the products they are buying. Our fully redesigned product guide and website is the latest addition to our armoury which shows off our quality business concept to our distributors and helps inspire the right choice of products for the best solution for the electrical contractors in their future projects.
The Job:
A vacancy exists for a Senior External Sales role with proven management experience or a view to move into a supervisory/management role in the future. The business has a strong core business with electrical wholesalers and distributors and now looks to develop into driving sales forward through demand creation. This is an exciting opening for someone who would relish the opportunity to join us in a "progressive thinking" team. Working within a highly active, focussed and dynamic sales environment within the Electrical Wholesale market. Understanding the process of the "specification" sale the opportunity exists to develop the role personally and generate business to encourage more stockist development as a consequence.
You will be:
Experienced in dealing with Electrical Wholesalers and developing project work within the lighting or electrical marketplace via knowledge of the installers and a proactive and tenacious approach to building relationships with key users. A proven track record with an ability to succeed in sales. Plus have a professional approach to work with the drive to achieve sales targets through excellent communication skills and a confident attitude.
Full product and process training will be given but it is essential that this person has experience and understanding of the process of developing business with Electrical Wholesalers and produces quality project pipelines that can be delivered.
Benefits Package:
Salary: A competitive salary plus the opportunity to earn an additional results based sales bonus.
Holidays: 24 days holiday plus bank holidays applicable to England.
Field based: Company car provided fully expensed for business use.
Pension: Company pension plus ability to contribute.
If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear from you. Please send us your CV immediately.