Sales Manager

Sales Manager

This challenging and exciting opportunity, based from home, requires an individual with a technical background and proven experience in taking the lead to develop and ultimately secure opportunities for a recognised business from within any area of the ground or geotechnical engineering sectors.

Our client is one of the UKs leading specialist contractors, renowned for providing technically advanced and cost-effective solutions across the structural support, stabilisation, land remediation, foundations, underpinning, ground improvement, stabilisation, geotechnical engineering and subsidence repair sectors. Their offering includes design, build, installation and non-disruptive services provided to all areas of the residential, infrastructure and commercial sectors. Their reputation is built on engineering excellence and a commitment to continual innovation, backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, ensuring they deliver a full range of techniques bespoke to any requirement and specification.

Due to a dedication to continued profitable, ambitious and long-term growth, our client now seeks to appoint a Sales Manager for their Southern business operation, with the focus upon developing, maintaining and managing clients in this specific region. The role will provide total sales, marketing and business development support to the Director, and will lead the management and development of new and existing clients. This will be successfully achieved through effective engagement and servicing of associated clients, and a focus upon maintaining net margins, whilst liaising closely with the senior management team in providing regular business reporting in regard to all sales and business development matters.

The Role

You will be responsible for the ongoing development and continued success with both existing and new clients, whilst helping to develop and secure new project and tender opportunities

You will possess demonstrable achievement within any area of the geotechnical or ground engineering sectors, or variations thereof

You will have the ability to nurture profitable relationships with a wide cross section of clients, whilst also providing appropriate technical advice and guidance wherever possible

You will be required to manage your own workload and develop and nurture clients effectively, including regularly progress reporting to the management in regards to any and all potential work opportunities

You should be outgoing with excellent negotiation, communication and presentation skills, and have the ability to form long term mutually beneficial and harmonious relationships with clients and customers of all levels

The Person

You will possess a good level of technical sales expertise and client support experience gained from working within any area of the civil, structural, ground or geotechnical engineering sectors

You will have demonstrable technical client development and management experience in a similar role within the aforementioned areas

It is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence and are proficient in Microsoft Office packages

A very attractive basic salary, plus lucrative commission scheme, and an extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity of career given the dedicated and ambitious growth plans and forward order workload for the UK.