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Sales Manager

Job Posted: 3 hours ago

Salary: £ 45,000 - 55,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Title: Sales Manager - Chemicals

Location: Remote, occasional requirement on site in Manchester office

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 + benefits

Term: Permanent

SRG is partnering with a leading chemical manufacturer in Manchester, who offer a wide range of innovative raw materials to manufacturers and brands in the UK market (encompassing Personal Care, HI&I, Oil & Gas and Agriculture amongst others). With world-class R&D and manufacturing facilities, they have a well-known reputation for success in the market. Adopting a value-based sales approach, you will travel extensively across the North of the UK and Ireland, regularly meeting customers to continually build, develop and grow customer relationships across a variety of chemical manufacturers and brands.
 
 With several existing buying accounts, the role will be approximately 50/50 business development-account management.

Benefits: Car allowance, very generous bonus scheme (up to £20k annually!), full autonomy to manage a well-established territory with scope to grow it further. 

Role / Description 

Identifying, contacting and developing new business using a variety of methods
Promoting the company's range of innovative raw materials
Growing market presence across the Northern UK & Ireland chemicals market
Growing existing customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and ultimately look to increase account spend
Travelling approximately 1/3 of your time across the UK to visit customer sites
Generating leads to identify new potential UK chemical customers
Maintaining and updating the database to build a global customer pool
Keeping abreast of product development & trends in the chemicals industry.Requirements

Recent direct experience in consultative and technical sales of chemical raw materials to either Personal Care, HI&I, Oil & Gas, Agriculture or other related sectors
Degree-level qualified (or equivalent) in Chemistry or a closely related subject
Experience with delivering technical presentations on chemical raw materials
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Willing, and excited, to travel 1/3 of your time across the whole of the UK
Full, clean UK driving licence
A proactive approach and drive to deliver exceptional customer service
 If you would like to apply for this position, please use the link provided. Alternatively, please email a copy of your CV to  For more information regarding this position or any others, please call Amy on (phone number removed). If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you, please feel free to get in touch or visit  to view our other vacancies. 

SRG is the UK's number one recruitment company specialising in the scientific, engineering, clinical, pharmaceutical, food/FMCG, energy & renewables, biotech, chemical and medical device sectors.

As scientists ourselves, our specialist sector knowledge and our passion are second to none. It's this combination that makes us different. We're committed to providing outstanding temporary, contract and permanent career opportunities of all levels for our candidates and a comprehensive range of expert strategic recruitment services for our clients.

Keywords: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Business Development, Chemical Sales, Technical Sales, Personal Care, HI&I, Agriculture, Raw Materials, Active Ingredients, Surfactants, Speciality Chemicals.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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