Sales Manager

Latest Sales Jobs; South Derbyshire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized chemical product manufacturer in South Derbyshire is seeking an experienced Sales Manager to drive sales growth through strong account management and business development. The candidate will work with existing clients and explore new business opportunities in diverse industries. This hybrid role supports internal development and presents genuine prospects for advancement to a Sales Director position. The company offers a competitive salary up to £60,000, a company car or allowance, and significant bonuses based on performance.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Company car or car allowance

Generous and uncapped bonus

Access to company benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record of sales and account management success.
• Experience selling through distribution and to end users.
• Able to sell technical products effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop sales through existing accounts and follow client leads.
• Support and mentor two experienced sales professionals.
• Leverage relationships to access new market opportunities.

Skills

Sales expertise in chemical products

Account management

Business development

Job description

Sales Manager

We are growing! We've invested in new premises. Now we need an experienced Sales Manager / Business Development Manager from a chemical products sales background to drive things forward. We're a manufacturer of own label chemical products to a diverse range of industries (cleaning, hygiene, janitorial, industrial, automotive) looking to drive sales via strong account management, networking and following up leads from our marketing. Based in Derbyshire and covering the UK – we want to hear from you!

Basic salary: up to £60,000.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Company car or car allowance
• Generous and uncapped bonus based on sales performance
• Full access to company benefits scheme after a qualifying period

Location

South Derbyshire. Commutable locations: Derby, Nottingham, Burton on Trent, Loughborough, Leicester, Tamworth, Birmingham, Coventry, Lutterworth, Stoke on Trent, Dudley, Stafford, Rugby, Northampton, Telford, Sheffield, Mansfield.

Job Description

• Hybrid role: in the office at least a couple of days per week or visiting customers; focus on development of success through our existing and growing distributor/wholesale business.
• Potential to develop new business with major and smaller consumer/professional brands and manufacturers of bespoke own/private-label products.
• Work with R&D to modify and create new product development to custom requirements.
• Investing in internal R&D to generate new products to take to market.
• Specialise in quick-turnaround initial sales to manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

• Hybrid role split between home office and manufacturing site in South Derbyshire.
• Support and mentor two existing experienced sales professionals.
• Develop sales through existing accounts and following client leads.
• Leverage relationships with businesses to open doors into sister & competitor companies and divergent sectors.
• Follow new leads from marketing, referrals and new website.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of sales, account management and business development success in chemical products (cleaning, hygiene, janitorial, industrial, automotive markets).
• Experience selling through distribution and to end users.
• Skilled at developing existing relationships with key accounts.
• Credible in selling a technical product from a features, benefits, applications perspective.
• Strong, independent and driven sales professional (works to margins, not just turnover) with capacity for strategic business development.
• Able to sell at a variety of levels up to C-suit level meetings – discussing specification of new products.
• Any exposure to own/private label products is an advantage.

Company

Well-established SME with a great reputation and several very big-name clients as a specialist manufacturer of own-label chemical products. Turnover has doubled over the last few years and a new manufacturing site has just been taken on.

Prospects

There is a genuine path to a Sales Director role within a reasonable time frame and the potential to grow a team as the role and company expand.

Legal Statement

We embrace diversity, champion equality and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.