Specification Sales Manager

Job Description

We’re looking for a Contractor/Specification Sales Manager to join our Contractor Team. Covering Dudley, Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford you will promote and sell Crown trade brands, Sandtex Trade, and Sadolin Trade brands via sales and specification assigned to a specific geographic area and customer group.

Location and areas covered in this role; Scotland West – DY, GL, HR and WR.

Join our Team to develop and grow the end user market

Skills

Our ideal candidate will have a high level of selling, negotiating, communication and presentation skills, and will

This is your opportunity to sell and promote products and services to a ledger of contractor customers and end clients.

• Contribute to and implement National promotional strategy and measure own performance/effectiveness.
• Drive regional promotions to give the territory a competitive advantage.
• Strategically develop nominated accounts to increase sustainable profitable sales growth.
• Manage nominated accounts and clients.
• Identify, develop and manage new opportunities.
• Identification of key strategic clients for development.
• Management of secured business and implementation of tailored specification support packages to include detailed site condition surveys.
• Produce highly detailed technical specifications.

What are we looking for?

You’ll have previous B2B sales experience within a field based sales role preferably within the construction/trades industry. We are looking for someone who possesses sufficient specification and technical proficiency and who is able to understand and communicate product and technical information.

Influencing and negotiation skills are a must, as well as being commercially aware. If you’ve come from a product focussed background and understand margin improvement it would be advantageous for this role.

We are ideally looking for candidates who live centrally in Dudley.

Being able to work on your own initiative and being self-motivation, is key to this role.

You’ll be provided with a company car to carry out your role so you must hold a current valid full driving licence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Application due

2023-02-18

Seniority Level

Associate

Job Functions

Business Development, Sales

Industry

Chemicals

Crown Paints is one of UK’s most renown paint manufacturers and we have been manufacturing for over 200 years, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. However, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world through our ownership structure. Crown Paints is part of the Hempel Group, which gives our company stability and our employees extended, global career possibilities.