The role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Sales Manager to join the external sales team covering the South East region. This role reports to the Regional Sales Director – South.

This field-based role is primarily responsible for selling the full range of Polypipe Civils products into a dedicated geographical region and achieving set area sales budgets. The successful candidate will be required to develop a strategic network of key contactors and secure project and contractor business from these accounts

This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week Monday – Friday, 08:30-17:00. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensuring key projects are robustly managed from start to completion, with regular updates and project structures provided.
• Work closely with the Civils specification and key account teams to ensure smooth transition of project information and best practice, along with the wider Polypipe Group.
• To ensure dialogue and close working relationship is maintained with internal commercial sales office, technical department, and all other areas of the business.
• To develop technical sales enquires and ultimately orders for current solutions range and new products as requested.
• Gain and maintain technical competence across the full Civils product range.
• To report market trading conditions and market and competitor activity.
• Engage with clients, consultants, contractors, merchants and all project stake holders.
• Maintain a managed project log and provide a weekly sales forecast from this log.
• Attendance to trade shows, corporate events, displays and meetings as and when required.

The person:

• Commercially driven sales professional with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a field sales position
• Project management experience desirable
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Valid UK Driving Licence

The Benefits:

• 25 days holiday
• Contributory pension scheme
• Share save Scheme
• Life assurance of 3 times basic annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu vouchers
• Various health & wellbeing initiatives including complimentary occupational health on-site physiotherapy and counselling services
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential telephone helpline support
• Staff discount on all Genuit Group products
• Free on-site parking
• Company Sick Pay
• Company Car