Business Manager

Role: Business Unit Manager

Location: West London

Sector: Building / Construction Supplies

Package: £48,000 - £53,000 + Bonus (up to 30%) + Company Car

With a network of branches our client distributes a wide range of products into the construction sector.

They are currently looking to recruit an experienced Business Unit Manager to oversee the development of a key product division, based from their distribution centre in West London.

Key responsibilities:

Reporting to the General Manager, the Business Manager will be responsible for the following areas:

• To achieve and maintain sales and margin targets
• To maintain and develop trading with target accounts, both new and existing, within the agreed sectors
• Develop sales by pricing and negotiating competitively for work, making best use of trade leads, project-tracking information, and local knowledge
• Promotion of new products to existing and target client base
• Plan sales activities effectively and efficiently using project-tracking, and trade leads
• Plan product promotions with suppliers to achieve branch targets
• To report commercial activities, maintaining customer records, reporting and monitoring progress towards agreed objectives
• Lead, manage and motivate employees including employee training needs
• Conduct regular team meetings
• Maintain up-to-date product knowledge in liaison with suppliers and undertake training where necessary

Key attributes:

• Customer focused
• Strong communication and negotiation
• Results focused
• Relationship builder
• Detail conscious
• Personable
• Commercially astute

Skills:

• Sales
• Customer service and people management experience
• Numerate
• Literate
• IT knowledge (MS office)

Package:

• Starting basic of up to £53,000 (negotiable dependent upon experience)
• Company car
• Fantastic bonus scheme of up to 30% of salary
• Company pension contributions & life assurance plan
• Generous holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays

If your currently working as a Sales Manager, Branch Manager or Senior Operations Manager within the building supply / merchant sector, with experience of managing annual budgets of £5-10m, and would like more information, please apply online, and we'll be in touch to discuss further.