OEM Lubricant Sales Manager

Centre People Appointments; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Full commuting allowance

Annual health check

Life insurance / income protection

Job summary

Centre People Appointments in London is seeking a Sales Manager to grow a European account base within the automotive and industrial chemicals sectors. The role covers key manufacturing customers and new business development, with a hybrid working model and a focus on achieving revenue targets.

You will study pricing, contracts, and long-term agreements while collaborating with supply chain, product development, and quality teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of sales or business development experience.
• Experience within OEM, industrial chemicals, automotive, or industrial sectors would be advantageous.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with experience handling contracts and pricing
• Strong strategic and commercial business skills, including sales forecasting and analysis
• Customer-focused with the ability to build long-term business relationships
• Confident, proactive and solution-oriented with the ability to work with diverse stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Manage key manufacturing accounts and achieve agreed sales and profit targets
• Develop and implement short- and long-term sales and marketing strategies to increase market share
• Build strong relationships with automotive and industrial manufacturing customers and identify new business opportunities
• Negotiate pricing, contracts and long-term agreements to support profitable growth
• Work closely with internal teams including supply chain, product development, manufacturing, quality and regulatory functions
• Monitor sales forecasts and market performance to identify opportunities and manage risks
• Work independently to resolve customer and commercial issues and deliver agreed objectives

Job description

-Chemical Sales / Strategic Sales / Hybrid Working-

An international company in the industrial chemicals sector seeks a Sales Manager to join its London team, covering European sales.

In this role, you will be part of a European focussed team, responsible for growing key automotive and industrial manufacturing accounts while developing new business opportunities to achieve revenue and profit targets.

The ideal candidate should have previous sales or business development experience within a related product or industry, with strong commercial understanding, negotiation skills, and the ability to build long-term customer relationships.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage key manufacturing accounts and achieve agreed sales and profit targets
• Develop and implement short- and long-term sales and marketing strategies to increase market share
• Build strong relationships with automotive and industrial manufacturing customers and identify new business opportunities
• Negotiate pricing, contracts and long-term agreements to support profitable growth
• Work closely with internal teams including supply chain, product development, manufacturing, quality and regulatory functions
• Monitor sales forecasts and market performance to identify opportunities and manage risks
• Work independently to resolve customer and commercial issues and deliver agreed objectives

Ideal Candidate

• 3–5 years of sales or business development experience
• Experience within OEM, industrial chemicals, automotive, or industrial sectors would be advantageous
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with experience handling contracts and pricing
• Strong strategic and commercial business skills, including sales forecasting and analysis
• Customer-focused with the ability to build long-term business relationships
• Confident, proactive and solution-oriented with the ability to work with diverse stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Conditions

• Location: London, City
• Working Style: Hybrid
• Salary: £36,000–£40,000 per annum (depending on experience) + full commuting costs
• Job Type: permanent, full-time
• Working Hours: 9:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday
• Benefits: Medical Insurance, full commutation allowance, annual health check, life insurance / income protection
• Reference: CC47654

**All applicants for the Sales Manager position must have the right to work in the UK without any restrictions as the Company is not able to offer visa support.

**We regret that we cannot accept applications from Working Holiday, Graduate or Student visa holders.

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.