Technical Sales Manager - Monomers

Location United Kingdom
Discipline: Chemicals, Polymers
Job type: Sales Manager
Salary: £Highly Competitive, Car Allowance & Bonus
Contact name: Laura Merritt

Contact email: laura@merrittrecruitment.com
Published: 2 months ago

​Location: Home based in the UK

Great opportunity to join an growing international chemical distributor to manage existing business and develop new opportunities with the support of a dynamic sales team. You will have commercial experience in chemical sales or trading and looking to take on more responsibilities. You will manage a range of monomers and specialised molecules for application in coatings, inks, adhesives and polymer technologies for the UK and Ireland with accountability for pricing in the Benelux region.

Key responsibilities:

  • Achieve your annual budget contribution (sales and net profit less costs and T & E)

  • Manage your customers both commercially and technically through regular contact

  • Develop and implement a strategy for profitable sales growth at key accounts and key product portfolios

  • Ensure customers understand the company’s payment and stock policies;

Main Responsibilities:

  • Reporting to the Global Sales Director, manage sales in UK & Ireland and pricing in Benelux for range of monomers and speciality molecules.

  • All sales activity should be visible, planes and output documented through CRM inclusive:

  • Provide technical and commercial support to customers through customer visits (circa 40% on site with customer).

  • Closing sales opportunities effectively and efficiently

  • Identifying new customer opportunities and product applications

  • Developing, monitoring and achieving sales pipeline

  • Reporting competitor information and pricing

  • Provide accurate and timely sales forecast

  • Meet sales budget and supplier targets

  • Undertake market surveys as requested;

  • Establish, manage and update Customer product sales price lists as appropriate;

  • All customer price lists should have supporting data in the applicable costing programme;

  • To ensure the companies debtor policy is implemented and adhered to.

Candidate Profile:

  • Commercial experience gained in chemical sales or trading is essential

  • Application knowledge of monomers and sales experience of similar raw materials/industries

  • Degree is preferred

  • Good communication skills and the ability to negotiate and take decisions

  • Must be willing to travel regularly visiting customers in UK

  • Driven to deliver on an individual level and as part of a team

  • Highly organised, strong attention to detail, excellent time management skills

  • UK driving licence and willing to travel in the UK & Ireland

  • Must have the right to work in the UK, sponsorship is not available.

In return you will be joining a dynamic sales team with opportunity for career development where you can make a difference to the global organisation. An attractive salary, car allowance, bonus and company benefits are on offer.