Housebuilder Sales Manager

Cavendish Maine; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the commercial interiors sector is seeking a dynamic Specification Sales Manager to drive sales within the housebuilder market. This role offers the chance to leverage a broad product range and exceptional customer service to penetrate key client segments. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in sales, with a passion for the floor covering sector and the ability to build lasting customer relationships. Join a collaborative team that values enthusiasm and commitment, and take on the challenge of expanding market presence while achieving ambitious sales targets.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Bonus Structure

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Proven sales professional with experience in the housebuilder sector.
• Strong organizational and planning skills for managing accounts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain customer relationships across the UK.
• Identify and convert project opportunities to improve market share.

Skills

Sales Management

Customer Relationship Building

Market Analysis

Business Planning

Self-Motivation

Job description

About the Company:

A respected market leader within the commercial interiors sector, who have experienced rapid growth over the last 10 years are looking to strengthen their team with the key recruitment of an additional Specification Sales Manager within the housebuilder sector.

About the Role:

We’re looking for an experienced Sales Manager to take on the challenge of penetrating various aspects of the Housebuilder and Developer market through key clients and specifiers that operate within the sector.

As the fast-growing construction market evolves at pace, your role will be to keep at the forefront of the market and new projects – spotting and leveraging opportunities to grow sales with existing products and customers; and proactively creating openings to sell in products and bring new customers on board.

You’ll have all the tools to do the job: the broadest product range, great delivery support and top-class customer service. You’ll need to leverage your potential through your customer relationship building skills, tenacity and drive to build and grow the area.

Specifically, You Will Be Responsible For:

• Develop a customer list across the UK, creating a specific business plan to proactively identify and target growth opportunities.
• Maintain and develop relationships with existing and potential customers at all levels of the customer hierarchy, in order to provide support and develop awareness of the company’s products and services.
• Sell and influence the sale of products and services within margin guidelines.
• Maximise the sales of all products across different applications (by market sector) to ensure the highest margin opportunity can be achieved whilst ensuring billings targets are reached or exceeded.
• Identify, record, monitor and convert project opportunities within the marketplace to maintain and improve market share.
• Identify market and competitor information and feed it back to the business in order to ensure market requirements and competitor developments are incorporated into marketing and product plans.

Key Skills/Experience Required:

• We’re looking for a sales professional who shares our passion for the floor covering sector; its products and trends.
• You’ll need to have the tenacity, enthusiasm and can-do attitude to take this amazing brand and build both excitement and commitment amongst customers.
• Being out on the road means you’ll need to be self-reliant and self-motivated, but we’d like you to be a great team player too!
• We have a strong team ethos and encourage all colleagues to work together to provide the best experience for our customers.

About You:

• We’re looking for a proven sales professional who has experience within the housebuilder, developer, local authority, housing association sector.
• You will have experience managing national and regional key accounts ideally within the commercial interiors sector or the building products, KBB or DIY markets.
• You’ll need to be organised, structured and conscientious in how you approach your business planning, customer visits, reporting and follow-up activity.

Salary:

• £50,000 Basic, Great Bonus, Benefits, Car

Contact:

Russell Cripps

Reference: RC/6841

Candidate care:

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In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.