Account Manager - Construction

Location United Kingdom
Discipline: Chemicals, Coatings, Polymers
Job type: Sales Manager
Salary: £Up to £60,000 depending on experience
Contact name: Dr Jeremy Clarke

Contact email: jeremy@merrittrecruitment.com
Job ref: 425
Published: 24 days ago

​Account Manager – Construction Chemicals

Home based in the UK

This is an exceptional opportunity to grow your career, bringing technical expertise and commercial impact to the UK & Ireland construction chemicals market.

Joining a dynamic, multinational distributor, you’ll represent a high quality portfolio from best in class suppliers, building strong customer partnerships while driving new business and sustainable growth. You’ll work closely with commercial, product management, and technical colleagues in a supportive, collegiate team environment where shared success matters.

The Role:

You’ll take ownership of developing customer relationships and commercial opportunities by:

  • Managing and expanding a portfolio of customers through regular engagement including site visits, exhibitions and virtual meetings

  • Identifying new business and maintaining a robust sales pipeline in collaboration with your internal stakeholders

  • Together with Product and Technical Managers you will deliver solution led responses to formulation challenges and technical enquiries

  • Developing and executing a sales strategy aligned to budget and margin targets

  • Deepening product penetration by understanding customer needs and shaping technically sound, commercially viable solutions

  • Contributing to portfolio gap analysis, market insight, and innovation led project proposals

  • Managing opportunities efficiently through the CRM and supporting wider business initiatives as required

About You

  • You’ll bring a strong blend of technical knowledge and commercial focus, with:

  • Experience within the UK & Ireland construction chemicals sector

  • A scientific degree (ideally Chemistry) or equivalent industry experience

  • A proactive, resilient mindset with excellent communication and relationship building skills

  • Confidence using data to inform sales strategy and decision making

  • Strong organisation and time management skills, comfortable working from home with regular travel

  • A collaborative approach, thriving in cross functional teams

  • Confident presentation skills

  • Home based, with 40–60% UK & Ireland travel

  • Must have a full UK driving license and an existing right to live and work in the UK

What’s On Offer

  • Competitive salary and excellent benefits

  • A visible, influential role within an international, growth focused business

  • Real scope to develop both technical depth and commercial leadership