Sales Account Manager (Firestop) - North East

Hilti (Canada) Corporation; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

What's the role?

Are you a passionate and knowledgeable Sales Account Manager? Or a construction professional looking to explore roles off the tools? Actively driven for success and quality with a strong drive to outperform?

Are you looking to make a real difference and impact from day one and take your career to the next level, with a multi award-winning employer?

The team are currently looking for the right individual to join their diverse and successful construction project team as a Firestop - Sales Account Manager, looking after B2B Customer Accounts in the North East and Borders of Scotland.

What does the role involve?

In your role as a Firestop – Sales Account Manager no day will be the same but some of the day-to-day activities you can typically expect are:

• Sales and Business Development: Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities on construction projects, managing key accounts, and achieving sales targets. You will develop sales opportunities for both existing product range, whilst promoting digital adoption and industry innovation. To stay close to the action you would be required to monitor industry developments.
• Customer Relationship Management: Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs, and providing tailored solutions through possible engineered solutions.
• Technical Expertise: Offering in-depth knowledge of Hilti products and services, advising on their application, and ensuring optimal use in projects.
• Project Coordination: Collaborating with internal teams and clients to ensure seamless project execution, from planning to completion. You would be overseeing project costs to ensure they remain in line with forecasts as well as completing work quality inspections and having the ability to read construction drawings.

What you need is:

To be successful as a Firestop Sales Account Manager you will need:

• Knowledge of construction and able to utilise this to provide solutions for customers within your location.
• Able to manage projects to specification and deliverables.
• Clear demonstration of understanding or relationships with key players/customers.
• An interest in continuous learning and self-development.
• Open to the use of public transport and wearing PPE.
• Valid driving license to UK DVLA requirements.

Desirable:

• Experience of direct selling sales.
• Experience of construction materials specifically firestop and its use.
• Engineering or Project Management at degree or NVQ level desirable but not essential.

Who should apply?

We have an excellent mix of people and some of our best Sales Account Managers developed their skills and knowledge at Hilti. If you have a strong desire to succeed, that’s fine with us. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork and ability, no matter what your background.

What do we offer?

We really value our people and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:

• Company vehicle and fuel card for sales roles.
• 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually.
• Paid leave to work on charitable projects.
• Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally).
• 6% employer pension contributions.
• Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback.
• Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours.
• Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics.
• Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams.

Our Regional Head Office is based at Circle Square in Central Manchester, where we are located a short walk from Oxford Rd train station and St Peter's Square tram stop. We offer a hybrid working pattern between the office and home and different ways to work flexibly so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.