Sales Manager

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Sales Manager

Are a skilled sales professional who is passionate about building and empowering your team? Do you want to join a large organisation with real opportunities for development?

At Jewson we are looking for a Sales Manager to join our team covering Retford, Lincoln, Scunthorpe and surrounding area. As Sales Manager you will be directly responsible for a team of four who you will coach and support to drive business and increase our sales portfolio.

Jewson is the UK’s leading chain of builders merchants with over 400 branches UK wide. Jewson is part of part of the STARK Group. We are a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe. We connect suppliers of heavy building materials with the professional craftsmen who build, renovate, and maintain the cities of tomorrow.

What we’re looking for:

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working. For this role in particular we are looking for a commercially focused and target driven Sales Manager with experience of managing and developing a team

• Experience managing a team, including coaching and mentoring
• Financial reporting and forecasting
• Sales planning
• Worked within Multi-site operations / retail
• Management of trading accounts
• Previous experience within the industry would be highly advantageous
• Development and execution of sales plans and campaigns
• Developing new business
• Customer portfolio management

What you will be doing:

Some key duties may include

• Develop, lead, coach and support the sales team within the business unit in delivering a differentiated customer value proposition
• Develop strong relationships with all key customers, working closely with colleagues to ensure customer relationships are managed at all levels across the business unit
• Lead, coach and support the sales team to deliver a larger share of the customer's wallet
• Challenge performance and take necessary actions or provide coaching where needed
• Implement the national sales plan across the business unit with support from the Business Unit Director
• Develop a rolling 12 month local sales plan with the branches in the business unit to enable growth in our target market
• Make critical decisions on the continual improvement of the extended product range in line with the business unit sales plan
• Coach the sales team on pricing best practices within the business unit market to enable effective commercial decision making
• Support the Business Unit Director on developing a strong sales forecast
• Lead and support on recruitment of all sales vacancies across the business unit

At STARK Group, we have a strong culture that is built on passionate and dedicated people who thrive in taking responsibility and challenging status quo. We are convinced that our continued success relies on the diverse skills, experiences, and backgrounds that our employees bring to their everyday work.

The value of equal opportunity is embedded in the way we do business and retain talent groupwide. In our commitment to diversity, we welcome everyone with respect and an open mind.

We’d love to hear from you, hit apply! And a member of our Internal Recruitment team will be in contact with you.

Job Type: Full-time

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Application question(s):

• Pull include full email address

Work Location: In person