The Role: Field Sales Manager (South/South-West, London, Essex and Kent)
The Hours: Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:30
Location: Ashington (Must be able to drive due to the client's location)
Salary: £60,000 plus comms OTE £90,000 uncapped
My client is looking for a dynamic and innovative candidate to join our rapidly growing company.
A field-based sales role with responsibility for identifying new hire and sales opportunities to generate revenue and help the business grow through pro-active business development and account management of existing, new and lapsed customers. The candidate must have worked or is working withing the construction industry.
Job role
- Responsible for the combined sales and hire target for the South/South-West, London, Essex & Kent of just under £8 million.
- Plan and organise daily/weekly/monthly work schedule, ensuring full coverage of the area via:
o Face-to-face visits to existing customers and prospects
o Phone calls.
- Foster and develop relationships with lapsed and existing customers maximising revenue.
- Identify and close new business opportunities.
- Provide a high level of service to customers through understanding their requirements, responding to requests, progressing orders and providing advice.
- Work closely with the Internal Sales Executives for the South and London to develop a strategy for each region and areas of responsibilities.
- Deal with pricing enquiries, preparing and sending out quotes & following up in a timely manner, co-ordinating with Internal Sales Executives
- Take full ownership of your own sales performance to meet/exceed agreed targets and KPI's.
- Promote attachment repairs / parts service to customers and prospects & consult with Parts & Service Manager accordingly.
- Represent the company at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations.
- Attend monthly sales meetings.
- Establish, develop, and maintain positive relationships within all areas of the business.
- Keep up to date with industry developments, maintaining awareness of competitor activity and market trends and feedback to Head Office
- Deal promptly and professionally with customers to address any problems or issues as that arise and feedback to Sales Team Manager
Candidate requirements:
- Strong sales background - construction industry knowledge desirable but not essential - or a willingness to learn the industry.
- Customer focussed with excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent selling, communication and negotiation skills
- Initiative-taking and target driven with ability to manage pipelines.
- A confident and tenacious approach
- Resilience and the ability to cope with rejection.
- Professional, flexible, personable, and committed
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- IT Literate / Familiarity with CRM practices
Benefits
- Pension scheme
- Company car
- Laptop
- Mobile phone.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent