Regional Sales Manager - Industrial Applications

Location United Kingdom
Discipline: Chemicals
Job type: Sales Manager
Salary: £Competitive
Contact name: Amber Alexander

Contact email: amber@merrittrecruitment.com
Job ref: 371
Published: 9 days ago
Startdate: ASAP

​LOCATION: UK/Ireland Home Office Based

Exciting commercial role with a successful, established and growing chemical distributor to develop new business and manage existing accounts within their industrial applications sector. You will promote a specialist portfolio of products and work with a sourcing and commercial team to drive forward sales and diversify the product portfolio and customers.

The successful candidate will have a technical understanding of the requirements of producers of these products as well as a proven track record in new business development.

Responsibilities

  • Achievement of budget and KPI’s as set on an annual basis.

  • Management of key accounts

  • Business development by generating growth through finding opportunities with new customers, new products and identifying new products for existing and new markets/applications.

  • Frequent travel in the UK and Ireland for face to face customer visits

  • Recording of customer data and interactions within a CRM System.

  • Accurate reporting of sales figures and opportunity pipeline to Line Management.

  • Representation of the Company at trade events.

Candidate Requirements

  • Experience of selling to manufacturing industries including those producing for metal working fluids, lubricants and greases and HI&I.

  • A good knowledge of both industrial and consumer surfactants and complimentary raw materials.

  • Strong commercial acumen with an ability to identify new business and margin growth opportunities.

  • Ideally has worked within the chemicals distribution industry.

  • Determined business developer who can identify growth opportunities and deliver results.

  • Well organised and able to manage sales opportunity pipelines effectively.

  • Confident and able build rapport with customers within purchasing and technical departments and at various levels of organisations including senior management.

  • Solution selling skills

  • Technical background

  • Chemistry graduate or similar technical qualification preferred.

  • Experience of CRM and MS Office IT systems.

  • Right to work within the UK is essential

  • Able to regularly visit the Head Office and commercial team in Southern England

  • Full UK driving license is essential

This is a great opportunity to work for an exciting and fast-moving company with great career development opportunities. In return, they are offering a competitive salary, company car, bonus and a generous pension scheme.