This market leading European Building Materials company manufactures & sells fire classified façade & building envelope construction products across the UK & Europe.
The company have a well known established European brand based on quality & innovation.
Their diverse product portfolio are specified by major architects & engineering consultants. They are also sold directly to Tier 1 & Tier 2 Construction Contractors, Specialist Building Envelope Subcontractors, National Housing Developers, Architectural Glazing Installers and via a network of distributors.
Their products are used on major Commercial, Residential, Leisure, Mixed Use & Light Industrial Construction schemes across Europe.
With a turnover in excess of £30 million the company are looking to grow to, circa, £150 million in a 5-year period. This will be achieved through merger & acquisition, new product development and organic sales growth .
As part of this growth plan they are looking to enhance the Senior Leadership team with a Sales Director to focus on growing sales revenues in the UK & Ireland.
A strategic sales role, that reports into the Board, the Sales Director will lead the functions of New Business Development, Client Development, Specification Sales & Account Management.
Based in the company HQ in Worcestershire the Sales Director will be responsible for developing & executing a sales strategy that supports the company’s ambitious growth plans.
This includes developing an established & high performing sales team, driving customer acquisition & retention and expanding into new markets leveraging the quality of products & the strong European brand.
A key leadership, the role will require a mix of strategic thinking & hands-on commercial execution.
The Sales Director will be instrumental in driving UK and Ireland business growth, ensuring seamless business processes across the sales functions of account management, Architect & Specification sales, client development and new business whilst ensuring a first class customer experience.
Managing an established, motivated & high performing sales team of 25, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate inspiring leadership experience and a collaborative approach.
The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate a track record of developing & driving an innovative sales strategies, and contributing to significant revenue growth within a building materials manufacturing organisation of a similar size.
They will also have experience of the Construction Materials supply chain, the Architects & specification sales process and sales directly into Construction Contractors.
The candidate will have excellent commercial acumen, strategic negotiation skills and experience of dealing at Executive level.
In return the successful candidate will benefit from an attractive basic salary ranging between £90k-£125k+ ( negotiable DoE), 23 days holiday +BH, Contributory pension, a quarterly company bonus ( Up to 25% of salary per annum), an executive company car /car allowance and excellent long term career prospects