Sales Director

Mayplas; Bury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Sales Director to drive sales growth and implement strategic initiatives. In this pivotal role, you will design and execute a comprehensive sales and customer relationship management strategy, ensuring your team is aligned and motivated to achieve ambitious targets. Your leadership will foster a culture of performance and safety, while your commercial acumen will identify market opportunities for growth. This is an exciting chance to make a significant impact in a thriving company that values inclusivity and employee development.

Benefits

Highly Competitive Salary

Annual Pay Award

Excellent Bonus Scheme

Car or Car Allowance

25 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Private Medical

Great Pension Scheme

Retail Discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Share Incentive Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in sales strategy and delivering growth.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement sales and customer relationship strategies.
• Manage key divisional accounts and lead the external sales team.

Skills

Sales Strategy

Customer Focus

Negotiation

Leadership

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Business Development

Education

Experience as Sales Director or Sales Manager

Job description

With over 45 years’ experience in insulation conversion, Mayplas are a market-leading manufacturer of thermal, acoustic and fire stopping products for the construction, HVAC, appliance manufacturing and DIY industries. Servicing the UK and Ireland from its substantial manufacturing base in the North West of England, Mayplas products are available through a national network of insulation distributors.

Mayplas are currently looking to recruit a Sales Director who will deliver and implement the business unit sales strategy plan and deliver competitive advantage for the PTG business through increasing sales capability.

What does the role involve?
As Sales Director, you will design and implement the overall sales and customer relationship management strategy for Mayplas while also taking responsibility for the delivery of sales and profit growth through the direct management of key divisional accounts and through delegation to the external sales team. You will also ensure that the sales team have a clear understanding of what is expected of them in terms of performance and delivery while acting as a role model where you demonstrate the SIG behaviours and create a culture within Mayplas which generates profit whilst recognising and promoting the absolute importance of health and safety, and environmentally responsible behaviour.

The successful candidate will be:

1. An experienced Director of Sales or Sales Manager with a proven track record of determining and implementing sales strategy and delivering growth and profitability.
2. Successful sales experience in, and an in-depth understanding of the Opco, together with new business development and major project sales experience.
3. Customer focus with a commercial orientation.
4. Business Awareness and Development ability, capable of analysing and identifying market and product opportunities and supporting the business in exploiting them.
5. Proven negotiation ability together with strong powers of persuasion and influence.
6. A high achiever who is ambitious, career-centred and likes to work to demanding goals and targets.
7. Able to demonstrate leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
8. Well Organised and able to organise a team effectively, Planning, Problem Solving and Decision Making ability.
9. Entrepreneurial, Pragmatic, Resilient and tough.

In return we offer:

1. Highly Competitive salary with annual pay award and excellent bonus scheme.
2. Car or car allowance.
3. 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays. Company closed during Christmas period.
4. Private Medical.
5. A great pension, with SIG contributing up to 7.5% and up to 4x life insurance.
6. Money saving with retail discounts via colleague portal.
7. Cycle to Work scheme.
8. Share Incentive Scheme.

SIG is committed to creating a fair and inclusive environment where employees feel safe, proud and valued. We encourage ways of working that treat everyone fairly and with respect, and we look to create opportunities to improve the diversity of our workforce across all areas of the business.