Sales Manager - South East

Leysman Consultancy Limited; Dartford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK manufacturer is seeking a field-based Sales Manager for the South East. This role requires experience in construction sales, focusing on building relationships with key stakeholders and developing strategies for new projects. The position offers an annual salary of £50,000-£58,000, plus bonuses, a car allowance, and generous benefits including 33 days holiday and pension matching.

Benefits

Up to 30% annual bonus

£7,500 car allowance

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Pension matched up to 7%

4x salary life assurance

Wellbeing support

Volunteering and team building days

Qualifications

• Experience in field sales within construction or building products.
• Proven track record in new business acquisition.
• Self-motivated and results-driven.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales pipeline through strategic sales planning.
• Build relationships with architects, engineers, and contractors.
• Develop strategies to land new projects.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure accurate responses to client inquiries.
• Deliver CPDs to educate and generate sales opportunities.

Skills

Field sales experience

Customer focus

Excellent communication

Negotiation skills

Technical sales

Solution selling

Job description

Overview

This innovative UK manufacturer within the building products / construction sector has global backing and a dedication to providing best-in class service.

They are now looking to recruit a field-based Sales Manager to cover the South East comprising of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, East Sussex and Greater London postcodes SE, E, N EC.

With a new management team and exciting growth plans this is as great opportunity to join this leading brand.

Role Summary

The Sales Manager will be responsible for driving sales pipeline through strategic sales planning. The role will be key in ensuring the company are market leaders by generating sales opportunities through lead management, sales calls and customer support.

Main Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including architects, engineers, contractors and decision-makers within key customers (about 50% specification & 50% contractor).
• Develop and implement strategies to land new projects and capitalise on emerging trends in defined regions or segments.
• Serve as a principal point of escalation for clients regarding key projects and clients seeking product specifications and project delivery information.
• Collaborate with internal teams such as Engineering and Operations to ensure accurate and timely responses to client enquiries and to ensure projects are delivered to time, quality and budget.
• Deliver when appropriate CPDs to the market to educate and generate future sales opportunities.

Qualifications & Experience

To be considered for this position you need to have experience working in field sales within the construction / building products or commercial interiors market targeting specifiers and contractors.

You need to be self-motivated, ambitious and a proven new business winner with a successful track record in technical sales and solution selling.

As well as being an excellent communicator, negotiator and presenter and be customer focused, results driven and able to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation & Benefits

On offer is a salary of £50,000-£58,000 plus up to 30% of salary annual bonus plus a £7,500 car allowance, 33 days holiday including bank holidays, pension matched up to 7%, 4x salary life assurance, wellbeing support and volunteering and team building days.