Branch Manager

Flowtech Thorite; Wigan; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Bonus/commission opportunities

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

Flowtech Thorite is launching a new branch in Skelmersdale and seeks a commercially driven Branch Manager with technical credibility to grow the customer base and shape local strategy. You will build a team, win new business and operate with autonomy supported by Flowtech and Thorite.

You will harness sector knowledge in pneumatics or industrial sales to deliver profitable growth. You’ll work face-to-face with customers, identify opportunities, and lead branch development strategies while

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license is essential.
• Face-to-face customer engagement and relationship building.
• Proactive in opening doors, building opportunities and revenue.
• Technical credibility with ability to discuss pneumatics, compressed air or fluid power.
• Willingness to lead as the branch grows.

Responsibilities

• Growing a successful and profitable branch.
• Shaping how the branch develops and identifies local opportunities.
• Developing new business across the local territory and winning accounts.
• Managing and growing new and existing customer relationships.
• Increasing existing customers spend.
• Visiting customers and identifying new opportunities.
• Preparing quotations and following opportunities through to order stage.
• Driving sales growth, margin and profitability.
• Providing technical product advice and solutions.
• Managing the day-to-day operation of the branch.
• Working with suppliers and managing stock.
• Developing the local sales and growth strategy.
• Recruiting and leading additional sales colleagues as the branch expands.

Skills

Leadership

New business development

Customer relationship management

Commercial awareness

Job description

Branch Manager (Industrial Sales)

On-Site - Skelmersdale | Thorite, part of Flowtech

Company Car, Competitive Salary, Bonus/commission structure

Build a branch you can be proud of - with the backing of an established industry leader.

We're opening a new Thorite branch in Skelmersdale and looking for a commercially driven, technically credible Branch Manager to grow the customer base, shape the local strategy and build a team as the branch develops.

As the branch grows, you'll have the chance to increase sales, develop the local customer base and shape what the operation becomes.

You don't need to be an existing Branch/Sales Manager, but experience in leadership, stock or supplier management would be advantageous.

What's important is that you're commercially minded & comfortable winning new business.

You'll ideally have experience within pneumatics, compressed air, fluid power or another technical engineering or industrial sales environment.

You will have genuine autonomy, but you won't be doing it alone. Thorite is part of Flowtech, one of the UK's leading suppliers of technical fluid power and engineering solutions, and you'll have the support, infrastructure and expertise of the wider business behind you.

Who are we looking for?

• A full UK driving license is essential.
• You enjoy being out with customers and building relationships face to face.
• You're proactive and comfortable opening doors, building relationships and creating opportunities.
• You understand how to spot opportunities, develop them and turn them into revenue.
• You have technical credibility and, where you don't know the answer, you're willing to work it out.
• You don't need to know every product from day one, but you're comfortable having technical conversations and understanding customer challenges.
• You're motivated by having the freedom to make things happen rather than simply following an existing blueprint.
• You have the potential to lead as the branch grows

You will be responsible for:

Growing a successful and profitable branch.

• Shaping how the branch develops
• Identifying local opportunities
• Developing new business across the local territory & winning accounts
• Managing and growing new and existing customer relationships
• Increasing existing customers spend
• Visiting customers and identifying new opportunities
• Preparing quotations and following opportunities through to order stage
• Driving sales growth, margin and profitability
• Providing technical product advice and solutions
• Managing the day-to-day operation of the branch
• Working with suppliers and managing stock
• Developing the local sales and growth strategy
• Recruiting and leading additional sales colleagues as the branch expands

Why join Thorite?

Thorite is part of Flowtech, giving you the opportunity to combine the excitement and autonomy of building something new with the backing of an established engineering group.

You’ll receive:

• Company car
• Performance-related bonus and commission opportunities
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• The autonomy to build and shape a new branch
• Support from the wider Flowtech and Thorite business
• The opportunity to build and lead your own team
• Genuine long-term career development within a growing organization

If you're currently successful in technical or industrial sales and feel ready for, more responsibility and the opportunity to build something you can be proud of, we'd like to hear from you.