Salary: Circa £39k - £43k (DOE)
Location: Crawley, Surrey
Hours of work: 37.5 hours, Mon - Fri
Duration: Perm
Industry: Sales / Industrial
World-leading industrial gases and engineering company urgently require a Manager to oversee their busy Crawley depot and be responsible for managing and selling a range of welding equipment, cylinder gases, safety and related industrial products. You will be responsible for leading a team and your performance will be measured against sales targets and profitability so commitment to achievement is essential together with experience in a trade sales environment.
Key activities will include:
Developing business with our customer through.
* Providing a high level of service to existing customers.
* Achieve business development In line with product policy introduce new products and services in a timely fashion e.g. profitable servicing, repair & hire service from the centre, PPE, etc.
* Achieve sales targets for all product groups through the application of high product/process knowledge, effective selling skills and customer service levels.
* Utilise ICS systems to develop a local customer account database, maintaining sales revenues, identifying opportunities, and defending against competitive threats.
* Promotion of products within the local area by telephone contact.
* Maintenance of optimum stocks to satisfy customer demand
* Keeping accurate records
* Ensuring that cylinders and equipment comply with Company and statutory safety standards.
Lead, develop, performance manage, coach and motivate team members.
* Ensure team members understand specific accountabilities and are provided with feedback and support where required.
* Develop clarity amongst team of strategy, business targets and development plans.
Requirements:
Must have
* Previous sales experience within the hard goods sector / trade counter
* Preferably you will have understanding of Gases, Industrial, Safety and welding products and processes including safety.
* Previous management experience
* Robust selling skills
* Ability to deliver sales growth
* Ability to work on own initiative and to deadlines
* Full clean driving licence
Additional Requirements:
* The successful candidate will display a high degree of self-motivation, flexibility and commitment to high levels of customer service.
* Candidates should also be of reasonable fitness as a degree of physical activity is involved
* Experience and knowledge of selling industrial gases an advantage
To Apply:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a World leader in its field and will offer job security as well as further job opportunities for the right person. If you would like to be considered, please send your up-to-date CV to Totec today or give us a call to discuss any queries you may have.
All applicants must be eligible to live & work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility is required from candidates as part of the recruitment process (i.e. visa, residency permit, passport etc.)
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