Business Development Executive

Glen Callum Associates Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car allowance

Pension

Training

Job summary

Glen Callum Associates Ltd is seeking a Business Development Executive for the Automotive Aftermarket to expand the UK sales team, focusing on aftermarket sales development and field-based support across strategic locations.

The role emphasizes optimizing brand visibility, delivering sales support through trade workouts to independent aftermarket distributors and workshops, and traveling across the North East region.

Qualifications

• Experience in Automotive Aftermarket sales in a field-based or sales-driven environment.
• Excellent communication at all levels from board room to workshop/garage.
• Able to travel across a broad region and overnight as required.

Responsibilities

• Expand UK Aftermarket sales development and field-based sales support to independent aftermarket, motor factors, buying groups, workshops and distributors.
• Improve brand and product visibility and deliver sales support via trade workouts to the Independent Automotive Aftermarket.

Skills

Automotive aftermarket

Communication

PC literacy

Product training

Organized

Travel readiness

Professional appearance

Ambitious

Job description

Business Development Executive - Automotive Aftermarket

Expanding our UK sales team:

We are working with a globally recognised manufacturer to expand their UK Aftermarket Sales Development and Field Based Sales Support team across strategic locations in the UK.Key will be optimising brand and product visibility whilst enthusiastically delivering sales support via trade workouts to the Independent Automotive Aftermarket, including Motor Factors, ITG Buying Group members, Automotive Workshops & general Automotive Aftermarket distributors and Aftermarket retailers.

Are you currently an Automotive biased Business Development Manager with aftermarket experience, looking to elevate your Field Sales career in the Aftermarket parts supply chain? Do you want to work for a leading OE brand & manufacturer? This is the perfect step.

Ideal Location - North East of England (Newcastle / Middlesborough / Sunderland / York)

Good Salary (Circa £40k basic) + Bonus + Car / Allowance + Pension + Training & PPD

Our utopia:

Our ideal candidate will have worked within the Automotive Aftermarket in a Sales Representative, Trade Parts Sales or field based Business Development capacity and be familiar with parts distribution & parts supply chains from supplier through to garage, workshops and repairer networks.We would also be keen to hear from internally based parts sales people that have a strong desire to develop a field based sales career.

8 Key Skills:

• Knowledge and experience of working within the Automotive Aftermarket in a field based or highly sales driven environment.
• Excellent communicator at all levels from board room to workshop & garage repairer.
• Good level of PC literacy, particularly with Microsoft packages including Excel and Power Point.
• Excellent people handling skills with the ability to chat and deliver product training to mechanics, parts people and distributor sales staff at all levels.
• Highly organised with solid work ethic approaching tasks tenaciously.
• Flexible to travel covering an expansive region / territory and overnight as required.
• Smart in appearance, punctual able to create excellent 1st impressions.
• Ambitious and keen to work with a global player within the Automotive Aftermarket.

Job Ref: 4370GS - Business Development Executive

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