Senior Sales Executive – Speciality & Modified Timber Products

Brooks Bros Ltd; England; A distancia; GBP 32.000 - 55.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Company pension

Career development

Product training

Descripción de la vacante

Brooks Bros Ltd is seeking an ambitious sales professional to drive growth in our modified timber products across the UK. You will combine account management with business development and specification sales, becoming the internal expert and building supplier relationships.

You will identify market opportunities, support marketing initiatives and work with purchasing to manage stock and product availability. This is a hands-on, collaborative role in a long-established independent timber merchant.

Formación

• Experience selling speciality or modified timber products.
• Knowledge of modified timber, thermally modified timber, fire-retardant timber, cladding or premium decking.
• Experience in timber, builders' merchant or construction supply industry.
• Experience in specification sales with architects/contractors/designer is advantageous.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Proactive in identifying opportunities and winning new business.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Confident working independently within a team.

Responsabilidades

• Manage customer enquiries and prepare accurate quotations.
• Develop new business while growing existing accounts.
• Build relationships with timber merchants, contractors, architects and designers.
• Promote speciality and modified timber products including external timber solutions.
• Work with purchasing to manage stock, forecasting and product availability.
• Provide technical advice to customers and internal sales teams.
• Identify market trends and opportunities for new products and suppliers.
• Assist in developing marketing initiatives, product launches and campaigns.
• Represent Brooks Bros at customer visits, exhibitions and industry events where required.
• Deliver profitable sales growth while maintaining service levels.

Conocimientos

Commercial awareness

Technical product knowledge

Relationship building

Communication

Negotiation

Lead generation

Organisational skills

Independent working

Descripción del empleo

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and commercially minded sales professional to play a key role in developing one of our fastest-growing product categories.

Working from our Danbury office, you'll combine traditional account management with business development and specification sales, helping to grow our presence in modified and speciality timber products across the UK.

You’ll become the internal expert for this product category, supporting colleagues, developing supplier relationships and identifying new market opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage customer enquiries and prepare accurate, competitive quotations.
• Develop new business opportunities while growing existing customer accounts.
• Build relationships with timber merchants, contractors, architects, landscape professionals and other key decision makers.
• Promote Brooks Bros' range of speciality and modified timber products, including external timber solutions.
• Work closely with the purchasing team to manage stock levels, forecasting and product availability.
• Provide technical advice and product support to customers and internal sales teams.
• Identify market trends and opportunities for new products and suppliers.
• Assist in developing marketing initiatives, product launches and promotional campaigns.
• Represent Brooks Bros at customer visits, exhibitions and industry events where required.
• Deliver profitable sales growth while maintaining excellent levels of customer service.

About You

We're looking for someone who combines strong commercial awareness with technical product knowledge and enjoys building long-term customer relationships.

You’ll ideally have:

• Previous experience selling speciality, modified or value-added timber products.
• Knowledge of products such as modified timber, thermally modified timber, fire-retardant timber, cladding or premium decking products.
• Experience within the timber, builders' merchant or construction supply industry.
• An understanding of specification sales and working with architects, contractors and designers would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities and winning new business.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and customer accounts.
• Confidence working independently while contributing positively to a collaborative sales team.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience).
• Bonus scheme.
• Company pension.
• Opportunities for career development within a long-established, successful independent business.
• Ongoing product and technical training.
• Supportive and knowledgeable team environment.The opportunity to play a significant role in the continued growth of a specialist product division.