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SalaryRole:Business Manager
Location: East London
Sector: Building / Construction Supplies
Package: Up to £60,000 + Bonus + Company Car
With a network of branches our client distributes a wide range of products into the construction sector.
They are currently looking to recruit an experienced Business Manager to oversee the development of their structural insulation division, based from their distribution centre in East London.
Key responsibilities:
Reporting to the General Manager, the Business Manager will be responsible for the following areas:
- To achieve and maintain sales and margin targets
- To maintain and develop trading with target accounts, both new and existing, within the agreed sectors
- Develop sales by pricing and negotiating competitively for work, making best use of trade leads, project-tracking information, and local knowledge
- Promotion of new products to existing and target client base
- Plan sales activities effectively and efficiently using project-tracking, and trade leads
- Plan product promotions with suppliers to achieve branch targets
- To report commercial activities, maintaining customer records, reporting and monitoring progress towards agreed objectives
- Lead, manage and motivate employees including employee training needs
- Conduct regular team meetings
- Maintain up-to-date product knowledge in liaison with suppliers and undertake training where necessary
Key attributes:
- Customer focused
- Strong communication and negotiation
- Results focused
- Relationship builder
- Detail conscious
- Personable
- Commercially astute
Skills:
- Sales
- Customer service and people management experience
- Numerate
- Literate
- IT knowledge (MS office)
Package:
- Starting basic of up to £60,000 dependent upon experience, plus company car
- Fantastic company bonus scheme
- Company pension contributions & life assurance plan
- Generous holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays
If your currently working as a Sales Manager, Branch Manager or Senior Operations Manager within the building supply / merchant sector, with experience of managing annual budgets of £5-10m, and would like more information, please apply online, and we'll be in touch to discuss further.
