Technical Sales and Service Representative

Job Description

As a Technical Sales and Service Representative, you will be responsible for key commercial segments spanning Collision, Commercial Transport and Light Industrial Coatings, to both maintain our current customer base, whilst driving and winning new business.

This is Regional role covering the Midlands, therefore extensive travel should be expected.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement a Technical Sales plan for the geographical region to ensure existing customer base is retained and supported within the assigned segments in both wet paint and dry goods.
• Run your Vantage Point Sales pipeline, ensuring focused and pro-active updates in accordance with the agreed targets.
• Supporting key accounts to ensure that we deliver our proposition, retain sales and grow share of wallet, ensuring that the area sales budgets are achieved.
• Minimise customer churn and negotiate the retention of existing customers to meet net sales targets.
• Deliver growth via both direct and indirect distribution channels ensure a balanced approach in line with our strategy.
• Supporting and carrying out demonstrations, trials and installations of new wins in focus segments.
• Supporting the wider PPG technical sales team on large/cross regional installs and key projects as required.

Qualifications

• Be a self-motivated sales professional with previous experience in a sales or technical role within the Coatings industry.
• Have a commercial focus, with the ability to discover customers’ needs to sell product directly into the market place.
• Possess excellent organisational skills to compile information for assessment and monitoring of sales and account performance.
• Have excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Be self-motivated, energetic and pro-active, with a willingness to collaborate and a one team spirit.
• Hold a full and valid Driving Licence.

About Us

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

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The PPG Way

Every Single Day At PPG

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.

We are “One PPG” to the world.

We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.

We make it happen.

We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.

We run it like we own it.

We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.

We do better today than yesterday – everyday.

We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.