Technical Sales Manager - Personal Care

Title: Technical Sales Manager - Personal Care

Location: Remote, occasional requirement on site in West Midlands

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (dependent upon experience) + benefits

Term: Permanent

SRG is partnering with a leading personal care ingredient distributor in the West Midlands, who offer a wide range of innovative raw materials to manufacturers and brands in the UK personal care market. With a big focus on in-house formulation development and manufacturing, collaboration and customer centricity, they have a well-known reputation for success in the market.

Our client believes that creating lasting value begins with investing in their people. By making employee development a core priority, they empower their teams to learn, innovate, and thrive in their roles. This commitment to continuous growth not only unlocks individual potential but also enables the delivery of outstanding service and innovative solutions. As a result, they consistently exceed customer expectations while setting new benchmarks for excellence.

Adopting a value-based sales approach, you will travel extensively across the UK, regularly meeting customers to continually build, develop and grow customer relationships across personal care innovators, brands and manufacturers.

The role will be 50% account management, 30% business development and 20% supplier management, supported by significant marketing activities.

Benefits: Company car, 20% bonus (purely based on individual & company performance), company credit card and private healthcare amongst other benefits.

Role / Description

Growing existing customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and ultimately look to increase account spend
Identifying, contacting and developing new business using a variety of methods
Promoting the company's product portfolio of innovative, sustainable active ingredients
Growing market presence across the UK personal care industry
Travelling approximately 1/3 of your time across the UK to visit customer sites
Generating leads to identify new potential customers across the UK
Actively recording progress on CRM software integrated with product fulfilment
Keeping abreast of product development & trends in the personal care industry.

Requirements

Direct experience in consultative and technical sales of personal care raw materials
Degree-level qualified (or equivalent) in Chemistry, Cosmetic Science or equivalent
Experience with delivering technical presentations on ingredients used in personal care
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Willing, and excited, to travel 1/3 of your time across the whole of the UK
Full, clean UK driving licence
A proactive approach and drive to deliver exceptional customer service.If you would like to apply for this position, please use the link provided. Alternatively, please email a copy of your CV to For more information regarding this position or any others, please call Amy on (phone number removed). If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you, please feel free to get in touch or visit to view our other vacancies.

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Keywords: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Business Development, Chemical Sales, Technical Sales, Personal Care Sales, Raw Materials, Excipients, Active Ingredients, Surfactants, Emollients, Emulsifiers, Preservatives, Humectants.

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed