Sales Manager

Wallace Hind

  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • £60,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 30 days ago
  • Apply easily
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!BASIC SALARY: Up to £60,000BENEFITS:
· 25 days holiday
· Company car or car allowance
· Bonus based on sales performance
· Full access to company benefits scheme after a qualifying periodLOCATION: South DerbyshireCOMMUTABLE 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, DistributionThis Sales Manager role is a hybrid role - in the office at least a couple of days per week if not visiting customers. This Business Development Manager role will focus on the development of success through our existing (and growing) distributor / wholesale business. There is also the potential to develop new business with major and smaller consumer, professional brands manufacturers of bespoke own / private label products. You will work with R&D to modify and create new product development to custom requirements. We are also investing on internal R&D to generate new products to take to market. We specialise in a quick turnaround initial sales meetings to manufacture.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Chemicals, Own Label Products, Distribution· 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: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Chemicals, Own Label Products, Distribution· 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 manufactur

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