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Job Description:
Field Sales Specialist (m/f/x)
The impact you have in this role
As a Sales Representative for our Abrasive Systems Division covering the North East England & Scotland territory in the UK, you will have the opportunity to put your curiosity to good use and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people in the world.
This role is responsible for the profitable growth of our innovative and game changing abrasive portfolio including coated/non-woven and portable bonded abrasives. This is a field-based end user focused sales position calling on a variety of industrial manufacturing businesses which are predominantly focused on metal fabrication.
The Impact You'll make in this role:
1. Support our end user customers to optimize their production processes, delivering market leading productivity savings and safety improvements with 3M abrasive products
2. Meet & exceed quarterly and annual sales targets by increasing market share through competitive new end user conversions
3. Build a strong pipeline of new opportunities and close win these opportunities as required under sales plan.
4. Utilise the Customer Relationship Database SF.com (accounts, activities, opportunities, profiles, contacts) as a territory management and sales planning tool
5. Find and develop new end users increasing end user loyalty to 3M Abrasive products across the territory by using abrasive product, application and process knowledge
6. Develop close working relationships with the territory channel partner Sales Reps built on agreed business plans, promotional activities, joint working and end user support.
7. Feedback on competitor activities within the marketplace.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:
8. Good standard of education
9. Good negotiation skills and commercial acumen
10. Ability to build relationships and operate in a complex organisation
11. Strong communication, questioning and listening skills
12. Strong persuasive influencing skills
13. Organised with ability to work with others and alone to deadlines
14. IT literate - Proficient in use of IT tools, Excel, Word, Powerpoint. SF.com
15. Pro-active, driven, results focused self-starter with a passion for sales and exceeding targets
16. Tenacious and resilient - ability to navigate through conflict and challenges towards positive outcome, retaining focus and perspective
17. Capable of grasping technical concepts within abrasive products and selling/demonstrating these in an industrial manufacturing environment
Additional knowledge / nice-to-have skills / preferred qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
18. Industrial market sales experience
19. Metal fabrication process knowledge
20. Project management skills
Job Specifics
21. Field based role
22. Assigned territory: North East England & Scotland
23. Applicants are ideally located in this area or willing to relocate
24. Travel: up to 80% domestic travel on territory
25. Working pattern - Full-time
Does this opportunity and our innovative 3M culture align with your career aspirations?
If so, we encourage you to apply and embark on a journey of creativity and growth with us.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Resources for You
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