Are you an experienced Sales professional with a passion for the domestic plumbing and heating industry?

Do you have a proven track record of driving sales growth and building strong relationships with customers?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Grundfos is looking for a highly motivated Area Sales Manager to join our Southern Domestic Building Services team to cover North London and M1 corridor, postcodes: AL, E, EC, EN, HA, HP, IG, LU, MK, N, NN, NW, OX, RG, RM, SG, SL, TW, UB, W, WC, WD

In this role you will be responsible for executing sales strategies to grow our customer base and exceed defined sales targets for your patch.

Responsibilities include:

• Securing incremental sales across the complete Grundfos product portfolio with small to midsize domestic installers. (60% installer/40% merchant chain activities.)

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, including contractors, installers, and merchants.

• Quickly and efficiently resolve customer queries.

• Negotiate orders: either directly, via a contractor base or local distribution channels, to support our multi-channel route to market.

• Record all activities relating to Customer Relationship Management in our SAP CRM system.

• Execution of marketing and sales strategies using specific and focussed promotional campaigns and incentives.

• Monitor product sales, customer sales reports and other KPI’s

• Identify new business opportunities and share with line manager

• Collaborate with internal sales teams including marketing and customer service to optimise sales performance

• Presenting and providing training to customers to support our sales efforts.

• Management and maintenance of pricing support mechanisms

• Out of hours work/entertaining/travel is required with this role

Your background

Our ideal candidate can work in a demanding and changing environment where meeting time deadlines and targets are a key focus. Has the technical knowledge and or the ability to learn technical information to support the business and market needs.

• A minimum of 3 years of external sales experience

• Experience in the plumbing and heating industry

• Pump knowledge- not essential but advantageous

• Strong communication and relationship building skills

• Strong planning and reporting skills

• High degree of commercial business acumen

• Confident and articulate

• Confident in planning and hosting customer events and entertainment

• Confident in presenting/training

• SAP CRM knowledge- not essential but advantageous

• Confident with computers and standard Microsoft office packages

   

*Who are Grundfos Pumps?  *

Grundfos Pumps Ltd is a UK leader in the supply and service of pumps and pump systems for domestic and commercial building services, and process industry applications, as well as being a major supplier to the water supply and treatment industries.  We are part of the Grundfos Group that employs 19,000 people in sales and production roles in 80 companies worldwide.  

What can we offer you in return?

• Flexible working hours

• Access to training and opportunities for individual development 

• Access to health and wellbeing initiatives 

• Company car 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 

• Flexible benefits package

• Annual incentive bonus 

• Modern and spacious offices with free parking

    

We look forward to hearing from you

About Grundfos

Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team

If you like the look of this job and know you can bring your skills to contribute to our purpose, please apply. We need and welcome professional people from all corners – however you identify and whatever your background is.

Grundfos provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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