| Employment Type | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Location | West Midlands, Tipton |
| Industry Sector | Sales |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Salary/Rate | £25,000 Plus Laptop, Mobile |
| Reference | BA/SMISE0205 |
| Date Advertised | 20-05-2008 - 00:01 |
Sales Executive / Business Development Manager Natural Materials & Wood Products
Tipton, West Midlands
£25,000 Plus Laptop, Mobile
Our client is one of the UKs leading wooden packaging suppliers and manufacturers. As a well established family business, they have a long standing and unrivalled reputation. Due to their continued growth, they now have an opportunity for a commercially minded Sales Executive / Business Development Manager to join their team to manage and develop sales for their three divisions.
Sales Executive / Business Development Manager Natural Materials & Wood Products
Tipton, West Midlands
£25,000 Plus Laptop, Mobile
Our client is one of the UKs leading wooden packaging suppliers and manufacturers. As a well established family business, they have a long standing and unrivalled reputation. Due to their continued growth, they now have an opportunity for a commercially minded Sales Executive / Business Development Manager to join their team to manage and develop sales for their three divisions.
Applying your proven sales record, in this role you will be responsible for using your initiative, knowledge and selling skills to develop new business and liaise with customers, whilst closely working with both the Sales Manager and other senior management.
Our client offers the distribution of a wood alternative material with strong green credentials for use in major architectural projects, general building cladding and domestic decking. They also offer professional wood services and manufacture wooden packaging.
As a Sales Executive / Business Development Manager your role will involve both office based sales call handing and the development of new leads and new business, whilst working with their varied customer base (domestic, industrial, marketing, architects, and construction). You will also be responsible for attending regular customer visits to problem solve, develop and build sales (a pool car will be supplied).
This position will also involve working with the service and manufacturing teams to grasp a basic technical understanding of product designs and product potential for architectural projects. Once you are fully trained, you will also be required to provide concise status reports to management.
To succeed as the Sales Executive / Business Development Manager you must have previous sales experience. Ideally this will be from selling a similar product to the construction industry, though this isnt essential as training will be provided. You will also need to be educated to A level standard including GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent), and you will need a full driving licence.
With your strong verbal communication skills and your ability to quickly develop relationships with customers, you must be able to demonstrate excellent selling and commercial skills, and have the ability to manage your own appointments.
As the Sales Executive / Business Development Manager you will also be expected to be well organised, self motivated, and have the ability to understand some technical product information.
To apply for the role of Sales Executive / Business Development Manager, please simply send your CV and a covering letter via the button shown. If your skills and experience meet with any of our client's requirements and/or needs, we will provide our clients with your full details so that they can consider whether you may be suitable for the vacancy advertised. Your details, as submitted by you, will only be used in conjunction with this vacancy. By submitting your CV and cover letter to us, you give express consent to us using your details for this purpose.
Additional Keywords: Sales Executive, Business Development Manager, Sales, Construction, Construction Sales, Business Development, New Business, Natural Materials, Technical Sales Executive, Wood Products, Architectural, Organic, Environment.
