Sales Manager - Industrial Products
Posted 30/04/2024 by Calder Ltd
Calder Limited is a specialist designer and manufacturer of bespoke high-pressure pumping equipment based in Worcester. We supply to a wide range of industries including automotive (BMW, Honda, Toyota, & Jaguar Land Rover) to offshore energy (BP, Total, Shell, Equinor & Maersk).
Our focus is at the high end of the market where our 40-year history and reputation for quality and reliability has established us as market leader.
We have an opportunity for an organised and professional Sales Manager - Industrial Products to join our team on a permanent basis.
Summary
A sales professional with pump experience, preferably in high-pressure water jetting and high-pressure industrial pump equipment sales. Based in the North of England but willing to travel as required to customer/prospect sites around the UK and occasionally overseas.
Responsibilities
- Working on the growth of our industrial and water jetting product ranges you will identify and develop new opportunities and strategies for sales of the Calder Industrial product line.
- Win profitable orders for the company, with a focus on growing our market share with Industrial Service contractors and Engineering businesses in the petrochemical/refining, nuclear, construction and civil and automotive market sectors.
- To develop a large and profitable customer base.
- Establish and/or maintain strong relationships with prospects and customers.
- Organise and conduct trials and demonstrations of the Calder range of products.
- Liaison with customers during order implementation, and post order, as the need arises.
- Use the CRM (Customer Relations Management) software to maintain an up to date record of contacts and visits with customers and prospective customers and order intake potential.
- Help, advise and support the Sales team in preparation of industrial sales budgets and forecasts and assist in direction of future sales and marketing strategy.
- Be pro-active in promotion of the company sales and marketing efforts.
- Track important projects/markets ensuring that Calder products are well represented to all participating prospective buyers.
- Seek out knowledge and trends within the industry, maintain awareness of competitor activity and feed this external market information/intelligence to the Calder team.
Requirements
- Be a team player, willing to give additional input as and when required to meet customer-based deadlines.
- Demonstrate outstanding initiative.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Competent to conduct product demonstrations.
- Willing to travel extensively throughout the UK and occasionally overseas.
- Prepared to be “hands-on” when required.
- Be target driven, with drive to achieve and surpass business objectives and the ability to close orders.
- Capable of developing the profitability of the business.
- IT Skills conversant with MS Windows and Office packages.
- Extensive knowledge of the high-pressure pump and/or the high-pressure water jetting market place.
- Proven successful track record in capital equipment sales to contractors, end users and specifiers.
- Must be commercially competent.
- Water Jet association – one-day safety awareness trained.
- Full, clean driving licence.
What We Offer You
- Generous pension scheme
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Early finish on a Friday
Salary for the Sales Manager - Industrial Products role is negotiable depending on experience and qualifications. Further details and a full job description can be viewed on the Company website.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- SM1
- Job ID:
- 221562582
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