Sales Manager

Position

Sales Manager (Director Designate) – Business Development Manager – Chemicals, Own Label Products, Distribution – Cleaning, Hygiene, Janitorial, Industrial, Automotive

Are you being held back from the top table? Do you want to lead the commercial direction of a small but well established and growing chemical manufacturer? 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.

Up to £60,000

• 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

South Derbyshire

• Derby
• Nottingham
• Burton on Trent
• Loughborough
• Leicester
• Tamworth
• Birmingham
• Coventry
• Lutterworth
• Stoke on Trent
• Dudley
• Stafford
• Rugby
• Northampton
• Telford
• Sheffield
• Mansfield

This Sales Manager role is a hybrid role – in the office at least a couple of days per week if not visiting customers. You will focus on the development of success through our existing and growing distributor/wholesale business. Potential to develop new business with major and smaller consumer, professional brands manufacturers of bespoke own/private label products. You will work with R&D to modify and create new product development to custom requirements, and we are investing in internal R&D to generate new products for market launch.

• 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

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

Well established (almost 40 years) SME with a great reputation; we have big name clients as a specialist manufacturer of own label chemical products. Our turnover has doubled over the last few years – and we have just taken on a new manufacturing site. We're growing!

There is a genuine path to the top table (Sales Director) role within a reasonable time frame. Potential to grow a team as the role and company grows.

Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client, embraces diversity, champions equality, and fosters inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client. Any direct applications to our client will be forwarded to us.