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Job Description:
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Fall Protection Sales Specialist for the Personal Safety Division, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world.
Here, you will make an impact by:
1. Achieving sales and margin targets quarterly, under an annual sales plan
2. Identifying and wining opportunities as required under sales plan
3. Work with end customers to advise and promote 3M Fall Protection Solutions
4. Manage the sales pipeline with the Distributor network through effective relationships and strong communication
5. Collaborate with 3M technical teams to ensure a high level of on-site support where required
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who meet following minimum requirements:
6. Strong knowledge of the Fall Protection market is essential.
7. Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization both externally and internally and be able to build excellent customer relationships.
8. A self-starter/self-motivated with a drive to succeed with the ability to work on your own and as part of a team.
9. Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills - written and verbal.
10. Competitive & Proactive instinct - takes initiative on issues and challenges to find optimum solutions.
11. Tenacious, resilient - ability to navigate through conflict and challenges towards positive outcome, retaining focus and perspective.
12. Must be confident and capable of working at heights.
Additional knowledge / nice-to-have skills / preferred qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
13. Have a passion for sales and exceeding sales targets and KPIs
14. Basic knowledge of the related EN standards would be preferable
15. Ability to develop 3M brand loyalty across end customers and Distributors
16. Ability to ensure accurate communication of product updates and development
17. Strong negotiation skills
18. Numerate and proficient with analysis and manipulation of data
19. Proficient in use of IT tools, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Job specifics:
Travel: Field based sales role with expectation to travel across the territory up to 75%
The job requires working at heights and candidates must be capable and confident of such ability
Sales Area: North East of England, Cumbria & Scotland - UK
Ideal candidate location: Within the defined territory
Bonus – Sales Incentive Plan
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!
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