Trainee Sales Manager

An exciting opportunity for a Trainee Sales Manager has arisen within a leading Waterproofing Manufacturing business. Our client is a well-established brand who are very progressive in this space and due to their continued success within the specification area, are now in position to provide an opportunity for someone to join their team and further their career.     Package: £30,000 - £35,000 + Attractive Uncapped Commission, Company Vehicle, Pension, Private Health Insurance     Location: Homebased - Covering London, Essex & Hertfordshire (candidates to reside in these locations)    Role Overview:     To support the Regional Sales Director and Technical Sales team with generating specification opportunities via developing strong relationships with Roofing Contractors, Local Authority Organisations and Main Contractor Clients.   Develop and maintain positive day-to-day relationships with existing and new clients including contractors and internal colleagues to ensure that an outstanding service is provided. Work closely with your line manager and the Technical department in order to assist, and where required, lead on surveying projects and writing condition reports and specifications. To maintain regular and effective liaison with existing clients in order to understand their needs and drivers and exceed expectations and to maximise business opportunity through specification sales and networking.       Key Responsibilities: To identify new clients and develop a strategy to maximise opportunities including arranging and / or delivering CPD seminars. To ensure that you maintain a positive and proactive level of communication with the existing contractor network, including regular meetings, to engender mutual trust and understanding. To seek and create new business by developing a clear understanding of market sector opportunity in your area and prioritising specifying clients within these sectors. To ensure that all relevant market information is shared with your line manager and agreed strategy is acted upon. To ensure all projects are tracked throughout the design and procurement stage to maximise conversion ratio. Working closely with colleagues across the business, to act as Project Manager taking overall responsibility and ownership for projects, from conception to completion. To manage and update client and contractor records on the company database. To continuously develop and demonstrate your technical competence and understanding via your reports, specifications, and client interaction.   Candidate:     Our Client is looking for someone who has some experience of working in the Construction Material/Built environment within a technical role previously. If you have Specification route-to-market knowledge or surveying experience, that would be ideal (though not essential). Experience of developing detailed written specifications and reports would be ideal. This opportunity can offer leading Industry training to the successful candidate to help you fully integrate into your role.       What experience transfers well into this role?     If you have experience in Specification Sales, Estimating, Surveying, Technical Sales, Technical Administration or relatable experience that has been gained in a Specification/Project led role, then this would be a great role for you.     What’s on offer?     You will work in a well-established, progressive, forward-thinking business. Our client is a reward focused organisation that is developing and improving all the time. They have a created a great culture which is implemented through teamwork and support and have a fantastic future ahead of them. It really is a great business to work for!     There are constant personal development opportunities available, along with having a structured career progression path.    Diversity & Inclusion    Kingsley Consulting operate an inclusive and diverse recruitment process, whilst also ensuring our clients do the same and we can provide any advice or education to them in relation to this. If there may be any support or adjustments required at any point throughout your recruitment journey with us, then please let us know and our trained consultants will assist and advise you accordingly