Job details

The ideal candidate will have timber industry experience and will have a deep knowledge of the route to market for decking and cladding amongst timber and builders merchants.

You will work in a team of 6 and have 2 Regional Sales Manager reporting to you whose performance is your responsibility. 

You will need to be magnificent at building and maintaining relationships at senior levels and also be able to set and measure yourself against a range of performance KPIs. You will be passionate about composite materials and be able to see past the day-to-day challenges to deliver game-changing results by developing new sales outlets, by launching new products, by executing great marketing plans : all whilst working hand-in-glove with our chosen Distributor.

The company is evolving quickly and you will need to evolve with it. The company needs people with the commitment to build careers, and in turn great prospects are on offer for the best candidate who is willing to go the extra mile.

Role Description:

It is the National Account Sales Manager’s responsibility to lead the UK Sales Team to deliver against stretching growth targets with the end game of making the businesses products available to all builders and landscapers in the UK within a 25 mile radius. You will have shared access to the Sales Estimator and Sales Executive in the team to ensure that you have sufficient resource to meet customer expectations.

Key Skills & Experience:

* 10 years sales account management experience

* 5 years timber industry experience

* Proven leadership and management capabilities

* Customer relationship builder

* Awesome communicator, spoken and written, internal and external

* Carpentry or Engineering interest or hobby

* Willing to travel around the country to support customers each week

* Located within 45 minutes of Clacton-on-Sea Head Office

* Can use CRM systems to manage customers effectively and extract meaningful data

* Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint confident

Benefits include Car: BMW 3 series, Mercedes C-Class or similar

Pension: Auto Enrolment Pension provided by People’s Pension

Employee Benefits: Retail Discount Scheme, Cycle to Work, ChildCare Vouchers

Tools : Fully expensed IPhone, Microsoft Surface Tablet PC

Office Hours: Mon : Fri 8.30 to 5.00pm, one Saturday per month 8.30 : 12pm

To be considered for this exciting opportunity you would need to be available on 7th October 2015 from 5pm-7.30pm for an Open Evening where you will have the chance to see the facilities, hear from the Directors about their plans, meet several team members, and learn more about the role. For this exceptional role we want to meet exceptional people.

This vacancy is being advertised by Spider Web Recruitment, a low cost flat fee recruitment service that works on behalf of companies looking for quality candidates. We provide an online recruitment advertising and employee selection service in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.

Additional keywords: Sales Manager, Key Account Manager, National Account Manager, Regional sales, industrial sales, Territory Manager

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