Sales Executive - Manchester, Liverpool & the Northwest
Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 basic (dependent on experience) + 20% bonus | Car allowance | 25 days annual leave + bank holidays | Pension
Location: Home-based, field role covering Manchester, Burnley, Liverpool and the surrounding Northwest
Type: Full-time, permanent
The Opportunity
This is a rare one: a genuine entry point into technical building products sales with one of the UK's best-known independent manufacturers, and a clear runway to grow into a senior commercial role.
Our client is looking for someone hungry rather than someone who has done it all before. If you're a graduate with the right attitude, a couple of years into a sales career and ready for more responsibility, or coming off the tools and out of a contractor background with an eye on the commercial side - this could be the move that sets up the next ten years of your career.
You'll get a defined patch, a strong product range that sells on its own merits, and the training and support to learn the market properly. What you bring is the work ethic and the personality.
About the Company
Our client is one of the UK's leading independent manufacturers of pitched roofing products, and one of the largest producers in the country by volume. The business has roots stretching back well over a century and has been manufacturing under its current name for close to forty years - so there's real pedigree here, alongside the agility and quick decision-making of an independent.
Everything is made in the UK across multiple manufacturing sites, giving full control over quality and lead times. The range covers an extensive line-up of tiles and fittings for both housing and commercial projects, plus dry fix systems, ventilation products, underlay and in-roof solar. Their products sit on schemes for every major national housebuilder, as well as local authorities, care home providers and large commercial developments.
They're serious about doing things properly - responsible sourcing certification, ISO accreditation across quality, environment and health & safety, RIBA-approved CPD for specifiers, and a net zero commitment set a full decade ahead of the national target. And they're serious about their people, from a well-funded charitable giving programme to a long list of employees who've stayed well over a decade. It's the kind of business people join and don't leave.
The Role
As Sales Executive, you'll take ownership of the Northwest territory - Manchester, Burnley, Liverpool and the surrounding areas - selling the full pitched roofing range across a genuinely varied customer base.
This is a mixed role. You'll be looking after and growing existing merchant relationships while getting out there and opening doors with housebuilders, contractors, architects and installers. Expect plenty of time on the road, on site and in front of people.
What you'll be doing:
* Managing and growing relationships with builders' merchants across the patch
* Selling into regional and national housebuilders, main contractors, roofing contractors and installers
* Working with architects and specifiers to get the products written into projects
* Getting out on site, building rapport with the people actually laying the tiles
* Following up leads, booking meetings and generating your own opportunities
* Quoting, negotiating and converting - with the support of an experienced internal team
* Learning the technical side of the product range inside out (full training provided)
* Representing the brand at trade events, merchant days and customer visits
About You
* Either a graduate with the drive to build a sales career, someone with a couple of years' sales experience under their belt, or someone from a contractor or trade background ready to move into a commercial role
* Hard-working and self-motivated - this is a field role and nobody's watching the clock for you
* Personable and sociable, the sort of person who can hold their own with a merchant manager, a site foreman and an architect in the same week
* Genuinely ambitious, with a desire to progress into senior sales positions
* Willing to learn the technical detail and put the graft in early on
* Roofing or building products knowledge is a bonus, but attitude matters more
* Full UK driving licence
What's On Offer
* £35,000 - £50,000 basic salary depending on experience
* 20% annual bonus
* Car allowance
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Company pension
* Laptop and mobile phone
* Full product and sales training from an experienced team
* A clear progression path into senior commercial roles
* A stable, independent, UK-based manufacturer with a strong reputation and a long-service culture
How to Apply
If you're at the start of your sales career and want to build it somewhere that will back you, we'd like to hear from you. Apply through Rommbic with your CV, or get in touch with us for a confidential conversation about the role
Salary description
£35000.00 - £50000.00 per year