Overview
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 - we want to hear from you!
Salary & Benefits
* BASIC SALARY: Up to GBP60,000
* 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 LOCATIONS: Derby, Nottingham, Burton on Trent, Loughborough, Leicester, Tamworth, Birmingham, Coventry, Lutterworth, Stoke on Trent, Dudley, Stafford, Rugby, Northampton, Telford, Sheffield, Mansfield
Job Description
Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Chemicals, Own Label Products, Distribution
Responsibilities
* Hybrid role split between home office and manufacturing site in South Derbyshire
* 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 & 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. This could be from 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
* You must be a strong, independent and driven sales professional (who works to margins - not just turnover) with the 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
The Company
Well established (almost 40 years) SME with a great reputation with some very big name clients as a specialist manufacture of own label chemical products. Our turnover has doubled over the last few years - and we’ve just taken on a new manufacturing site. We’re growing!
Prospects
There is a genuine path to the top table (Sales Director) role within a reasonable time frame. There is the potential to grow a team as the role and company grows.
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Key Account Manager, Technical Sales Manager - Chemicals, Consumer Goods, Own label, Hygiene, Cleaning, Janitorial, Industrial Chemicals, Automotive Chemicals, Private Label Products, Wholesale, Chemical Manufacturers
Interested?
Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
Please Note
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
REF: SP18215, Wallace Hind Selection
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