Sales Manager - Asphalt To Go

TieTalent; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Sales Manager for their Asphalt team in Colchester. This role focuses on achieving sales targets through collaboration, managing accounts, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The successful candidate will have relevant experience in sales within heavy materials, supported by strong stakeholder management and technical skills.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Access to discounts via the Tarmac Reward website

Employee Assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Sales experience in Asphalt, Aggregate, RMX, Concrete, or Heavy Materials.
• Strong computer skills, including SAP and Excel.
• Knowledge of production processes is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with Local Authorities and contractors to increase sales.
• Manage customer satisfaction and account management.
• Collaborate with commercial and operational teams to execute strategies.

Skills

Commercial and solution sales

Customer relationship management

Stakeholder influencing

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Are you an experienced Sales Manager looking for your next permanent role? Then read on as we may just have the role for you……

We are currently recruiting for a Sales Manager – ‘Asphalt to Go’ to join and support our fantastic Asphalt team across the South East region. As the Sales Manager - 'Asphalt to Go', you will have worked in a similar industry in either internal or external sales. This is a key role in our commercial team with responsibility for ensuring delivery of collect asphalt targets alongside associated Ulti products. You will work in a cross-functional engagement capacity with operational, commercial, and marketing teams to drive the best customer experience and financial results, taking regional lead to differentiate Tarmac’s collect business from competitors through our product range, asset base, and technical solutions.

Main Responsibilities

As the Sales Manager - 'Asphalt to Go', your day-to-day responsibilities will include (not exhaustive):

• Developing Tarmac’s relationships with targeted Local Authorities and external contractors to increase sales of high-margin VAP & Collect products
• Promoting targeted VAP and achieving customer account targets
• Implementing account portfolio strategies
• Delivering financial and value-added product targets set by the business
• Supporting Major Project Managers in regional bid and tender processes
• Managing customer satisfaction and account management
• Completing account plans to high standards, supporting customer development objectives
• Collaborating with commercial, technical, and operational teams to execute regional strategies
• Ensuring all commercial targets are met through aligned approaches
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal teams, customers, and key stakeholders

The Ideal Candidate

It is preferred that the successful candidate will have experience in:

Essential Experience

• Commercial and solution sales
• Sales experience in Asphalt, Aggregate, RMX, Concrete, or Heavy Materials environments
• Knowledge of production processes (not essential but advantageous)
• Strong computer skills, including SAP, Excel, or similar platforms

Desirable Skills

• Customer relationship management
• Stakeholder influencing
• Presentation and communication skills

The role is based at our Colchester Office, accessible from surrounding areas including Tiptree, West Mersea, Clacton-on-Sea, and others.

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We value shared values, pride in work, collaboration, and ambition. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Why us

We offer extensive career development opportunities, industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits, including:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to discounts via the Tarmac Reward website
• Employee Assistance helpline
• Employee communities (e.g., REACH, LGBTQ+, Women, etc.)
• Training and development opportunities

If you're ready to build your future, click here to find out more. Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive environment. Please apply promptly as applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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