Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager - Roofing Supplies Sector

If you have a passion for the roofing sector, love to be out on the road, and have the ability to communicate with customers from a range of backgrounds, this could be the move you’ve been waiting for.

We’ve been instructed by a fantastic new client who are looking for a Business Development Manager in the roofing supplies sector. Having achieved amazing year-on-year growth, this is a new role designed to take the business to the next level. You will be selling a range of roofing products to existing and new customers, from large distributors like Travis Perkins and Huws Gray, to small roofing contractors. Your ability to communicate at all levels will be critical to your success in this role. You could be meeting a buyer one day, and a roofer the next.

You will be responsible for driving sales of the companies roofing product range across their 3 main branches. You will need to be visible in the branches on a weekly basis to build both inter-company and customer relationships. You will play a vital support role to Branch Managers in their push to double turnover within the next 3-5 years. This is a customer-facing role with extensive travel across the region to ensure customers and branches are receiving the support they need on a daily basis.

Ideally, you will have sold through, and have extensive knowledge of the merchant sector and be confident in your ability to provide a technical solution to customers. Extensive roofing product knowledge is a must for this role. Credibility comes from knowing your product inside-out and you need to hit the ground running. You will be confident using CRM systems, spreadsheets, outlook, and have the ability to analyse sales data to ensure continued growth.

The salary for this role will be £40 – 45,000 with a £4000-5000 car allowance TBC. Benefits include 23 days holiday, company pension, laptop and phone. This will be a largely remote role with the need to base yourself at the branches during the week as required. Working hours will be 7am – 4pm in line with branch opening and trades working hours.

We appreciate this is only a snapshot of the role, so if you are interested and want to know more, call me, send me a message (Richard Lambert on LinkedIn), DM, or whatever is easiest. We encourage anyone who feels they are suitable to apply. We love seeing diversity in our applicants. We use specialist technology to ensure there are no gender biases in our adverts.

Every applicant will receive a response. We sometimes make mistakes and miss things from CVs, so you will be given an opportunity to receive feedback and discuss the role in more detail if you feel necessary.