Market Manager
October 21Handley James Chemical are excited to be partnered with a passionate and progressive chemical distribution business, focusing on the supply of raw materials into the Composites, Thermoplastics, Surface Coatings, Construction, Adhesives plus others, both locally and internationally.
Due to exciting growth with a record-breaking year this year, and an evolving organisational structure we are now recruiting for an experienced Market Manager to focus sales and marketing activities on materials that enhance properties or productivity, ensuring you build a sustainable business in the given division. This role will be a 50/50 split of the management and growing of current customers, as well as the strategic identification of new sales opportunities.
Description of the job role:
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- Essential role within the Commercial & Business Development activities of the company, a leader for business growth
- Define and agree the business plan to achieve targeted growth in allocated markets
- Development of excellent external customer relationships via in person meetings
- Establish contacts at technical and commercial departments for key accounts
- Delivery of budgeted targets and KPI’s as set
- Representation of the company at relevant trade exhibitions and specific events
- Proactively provide business development proposals, properly qualified and quantified.
- Travel both within the UK and International will be required.
- Exceptional technical knowledge in the chemical market, ideally Elastomers
- Excellent business acumen
- Ability to utilise data and take relevant action
- Focused on creating new business opportunities by networking and prospecting, whilst ensuring retention of business levels via repeat business
- Experience using CRM platforms and relevant Microsoft packages i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.
- Ability to be a self-starter and work upon your own initiative