Central Specification Sales Manager

PPG Industries (UK) Limited

Batley

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Full time

11 days ago
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Job summary

PPG Industries in the UK is seeking a Central Specification Sales Manager to establish, maintain and grow architectural specification share across private and public sector projects within the Architect and Design community.

This office-based role covers a national portfolio and involves outbound contact with practices to develop our specification presence across the UK&I, with occasional travel to client meetings and industry events.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years' experience selling branded products in construction/industrial environments.
  • Firm understanding of Architect & Design industry and Specification marketplace.
  • Strong presentation skills for one-to-one and group contexts.
  • Networking and prospecting across digital and traditional channels.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate consultative selling and relationship-building to influence projects.
  • Develop strategic account plans for top A&D practices and large pipelines.
  • Create a sustainable pipeline by regularly using industry tools to grow opportunities.
  • Develop specifications tailored to project needs to minimise substitutions.
  • Identify the Decision-Making Unit and collaborate across the contractor chain.
  • Collaborate to manage projects through specification stages with partners.
  • Follow PPG's sales methodology and KPI-driven processes.
  • Achieve weekly contact KPIs via outbound calls, CPD activities, and pipeline development.
  • Provide accurate forecasting of sales volume for specifications.
  • Act as an ambassador at company and corporate events and uphold PPG values.
  • Provide weekly and monthly business updates to relevant teams.
  • Act ethically and responsibly according to PPG policies.

Skills

Consultative selling
Architect & Design knowledge
Presentation skills
Networking
Prospecting

Job description

Central Specification Sales Manager

PPG Industries
Birstall

Join a 16 billion turnover global organisation in an exciting and influential sales role!!

You will establish, maintain, and grow PPG architectural specification share across both private and public sector projects, within the Architect and Design community.

This is an office-based role covering a national portfolio of Architect and Design practices. It will involve goals for outbound contact with practices to develop our specification presence within the UK&I. There will be occasional travel each month to F2F client meetings and specification events.

You will report to the Commercial Excellence & PRGM Manager UK and Ireland.

This is an office-based role - 5 days per week at our facility in Birstall.

This is an individual contributor position.

Key Responsibilities

  • Evidence a consultative approach to selling, demonstrating relationship building and project management skills to help influence major construction and refurbishment projects.
  • Develop strategic account plans for the top A&D practices, prioritising accordingly to manage the opportunity of a large pre-existing pipeline
  • Create a sustainable pipeline, creating time each week to utilise our industry-leading tools to continue developing our pipeline.
  • Develop specifications to meet the requirements of the project, ensuring they are as unique as possible to PPG to minimise risk of substitution.
  • Identify the 'Decision-making Unit', understanding the balance of influence across the partners, working with them across the contractor chain on all PPG specifications.
  • Work collaboratively to manage specified projects through the lead specification stages. Working with company partners throughout the process to maximise conversion.
  • Follow PPG's preferred sales methodology, incorporating commercial excellence, selling machine principles, process and KPI's.
  • Achieve weekly contact KPI's linked to outbound calls, digital CPD's, building pipeline and converting pipeline
  • Provide accurate forecasting, projecting expected sales volume through each specification.
  • Act as an ambassador at all company and corporate events, ensuring PPG values are upheld
  • Provide weekly and monthly business updates of activity to the relevant teams.
  • Act ethically and responsibly, complying with PPG policies.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years' experience selling either a branded product in the construction or industrial environment.
  • A firm understanding of the Architect and Design industry and the Specification marketplace.
  • Strong presentation skills, able to deliver, both on a one-to-one basis and in larger groups.
  • Networking and prospecting skills, with the ability to initiate successful approaches across both digital and traditional methods.

Sobre nós:

PPG: PROTEGEMOS E EMBELEZAMOS O MUNDO®

Por meio da liderança em inovação, sustentabilidade e cor, a PPG ajuda clientes dos mercados industrial, de transporte, produtos de consumo e construção, assim como do setor de pós-vendas, a melhorar mais superfícies de mais maneiras do que qualquer outra empresa. Para saber mais, visite www.ppg.com e siga @PPG no X.

The PPG Way 2030

Somos defensores dos nossos clientes

Proativos. Ousados. Confiáveis. Tudo o que fazemos começa com nossos clientes. Ouvimos,

agimos rapidamente e não paramos até resolver seus maiores desafios. Quando nossos

clientes vencem, todos nós crescemos.

Agimos com propósito e rapidez

Ágeis. Orientados por dados. Empoderados. Assumimos riscos inteligentes para nos mantermos à frente da concorrência. Trabalhamos de forma proativa e ágil, utilizando dados de qualidade para desenvolver soluções que geram valor.

Somos excelentes executores

Produtivos. Colaborativos. Responsáveis. Independentemente do nosso papel,

identificamos problemas, assumimos a responsabilidade e sempre trazemos soluções.

Somos proativos e responsivos para impulsionar a melhoria contínua e entregar resultados.

Apoiamos nossos profissionais da linha de frente — o rosto da PPG para nossos clientes.

Competimos para vencer

Focados no futuro. Determinados. Ambiciosos. Somos apaixonados por expandir nossos

negócios e vencer juntos com nossos clientes. Entregamos resultados, adotamos novas

tecnologias e usamos agilidade e velocidade como vantagens estratégicas.

Somos PPG orgulhosos

Fortes. Unidos. Apaixonados. Trabalhamos com segurança, agimos com integridade e valorizamos nossas perspectivas diversas. Celebramos conquistas e nos orgulhamos do impacto positivo que criamos juntos para proteger e embelezar o mundo.

Na PPG, utilizamos IA no processo de contratação para torná-lo mais eficiente. As ferramentas de IA não tomam decisões de contratação. Você pode saber mais acessando https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.

A PPG oferece igualdade de oportunidades a todos os candidatos e colaboradores. Oportunidades de crescer e desenvolver sua carreira em ambiente que proporciona local de trabalho gratificante para os funcionários, cria ambiente de aprendizado contínuo e valoriza ideias e diversidade dos outros. Todos os candidatos qualificados receberão consideração para emprego sem distinção de sexo, gravidez, raça, cor, credo, religião, origem nacional, idade, deficiência, estado civil, condição de veterano, orientação sexual, identidade ou expressão de gênero.

Se você precisar de algum ajuste devido a uma deficiência, por favor envie um e-mail para recruiting@ppg.com.

As faixas salariais e os benefícios da PPG podem variar conforme a localização, o que nos permite compensar os funcionários de forma competitiva em diferentes mercados geográficos. A PPG considera vários fatores ao tomar decisões de remuneração, incluindo, mas não se limitando a, habilidades, experiência e treinamento, qualificações e educação, licenças e certificações, além de outras necessidades organizacionais. Outros incentivos podem ser aplicados.

Nossos programas de benefícios aos funcionários são projetados para apoiar a saúde e o bem-estar dos nossos colaboradores. Quaisquer coberturas de seguro e benefícios estarão de acordo com os termos e condições dos planos aplicáveis e dos documentos reguladores associados. Os benefícios serão discutidos com você pelo seu recrutador durante o processo de contratação.

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