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Area business manager

Abingdon
IKO
Area business manager
£40,000 - £60,000 a year
Posted: 1 October
Offer description

Our company name has become synonymous with delivering dependable roofing, waterproofing, and insulation solutions backed by supreme levels of customer service to help the customer along their journey.

This hard earned reputation has been built globally on a foundation of quality and an ethos of customer service which permeates through the organisation and remains as strong today as it did 100 years ago.


Position:


Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, you will be responsible for a specific sales area promoting the Armourplan Single Ply and Permatec Hot Melt products ensuring it achieves its turnover, gross margin and volume targets within the Division. Additional responsibilities include promoting the IKO Flexia Cold Applied Liquids and Permascreed products too. Based in the southern central area.

* Ensure all aspects of Health & Safety are adhered to.
* Develop and implement an area business plan to achieve sales and margin targets.
* Monitor volume, sales & margin performance against targets and advise line manager of appropriate/necessary actions required.
* Liaise with Line Manager in the implementation of sales policy.
* Good relationships with customers are maintained and enhanced.
* Creative thought processes are employed in developing new business.
* Ability to plan journeys/routes according to customer visit priorities.
* Liaise and co-operate with the technical support and contractors to ensure that customer service requirements are exceeded.
* Always implement company policy i.e., competition compliance
* Appoint service approved contractor network to service region.
* Undertake sales/technical presentations to develop sales.
* Analyse market intelligence & report on competitor activity and advise on appropriate actions.
* Assist technical services department in establishing suitable 'approved contractor' networks within the business unit.
* Retain responsibility for contractor accounts.


Requirements:

* Excellent communication skills both written and oral
* Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
* Confidence to deal with people at all levels.
* Good attention to detail with a practical "Can do" attitude.
* Ability to procure information / material from minimum information.
* Process complex messages or information with clarity.
* Analytical mind
* Negotiation skills
* Strategic mind
* Commercial focus
* Effective decision-making skills
* Adaptable
* Time management skills
* Presentation Skills
* Excellent industry knowledge
* Ability to sustain field-based role and organise time appropriately.
* Experience of field-based roles


Other information:


Company Benefits

* Health cash plan
* A generous contributory pension scheme
* 24 days holidays increasing to 26 days in addition to bank holidays
* Free on-site car park
* Training and development programmes
* Cycle-to-work scheme
* Discounted gym membership

No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community.

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