The role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Sales Manager to join the external sales team covering the South East region. This role reports to the Regional Sales Director – South.
This field-based role is primarily responsible for selling the full range of Polypipe Civils products into a dedicated geographical region and achieving set area sales budgets. The successful candidate will be required to develop a strategic network of key contactors and secure project and contractor business from these accounts
This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week Monday – Friday, 08:30-17:00.
Key Accountabilities:
- Ensuring key projects are robustly managed from start to completion, with regular updates and project structures provided.
- Work closely with the Civils specification and key account teams to ensure smooth transition of project information and best practice, along with the wider Polypipe Group.
- To ensure dialogue and close working relationship is maintained with internal commercial sales office, technical department, and all other areas of the business.
- To develop technical sales enquires and ultimately orders for current solutions range and new products as requested.
- Gain and maintain technical competence across the full Civils product range.
- To report market trading conditions and market and competitor activity.
- Engage with clients, consultants, contractors, merchants and all project stake holders.
- Maintain a managed project log and provide a weekly sales forecast from this log.
- Attendance to trade shows, corporate events, displays and meetings as and when required.
The person:
- Commercially driven sales professional with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a field sales position
- Project management experience desirable
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Valid UK Driving Licence
The Benefits:
- 25 days holiday
- Contributory pension scheme
- Share save Scheme
- Life assurance of 3 times basic annual salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu vouchers
- Various health & wellbeing initiatives including complimentary occupational health on-site physiotherapy and counselling services
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential telephone helpline support
- Staff discount on all Genuit Group products
- Free on-site parking
- Company Sick Pay
- Company Car