Gas & Gear Manager

Salary: Circa £38k

Location: Basildon, Essex

Hours of work: 37.5 hours, Mon - Fri

Duration: Perm

World-leading industrial gases and engineering company urgently require a Manager to oversee their busy Basildon depot and be responsible for managing and selling a range of welding equipment, cylinder gases, safety and related industrial products. You will be responsible for leading a team and the role gives you the autonomy to run and grow the store, as well as the chance to network with others, learn and develop, whilst promoting our brand and values in the community

Whilst your home base is Basildon you will also cover the stores in Ipswich and Enfield.

Key activities will include:

Developing business with our customer through.

* Providing a high level of service to existing customers.

* Achieve business development In line with product policy introduce new products and services in a timely fashion e.g. profitable servicing, repair & hire service from the centre, PPE, etc.

* Achieve sales targets for all product groups through the application of high product/process knowledge, effective selling skills and customer service levels.

* Utilise ICS systems to develop a local customer account database, maintaining sales revenues, identifying opportunities, and defending against competitive threats.

* Promotion of products within the local area by telephone contact.

* Maintenance of optimum stocks to satisfy customer demand

* Keeping accurate records

* There will be an element of manual handling and forklift driving but full training will be provided

* Ensuring that cylinders and equipment comply with Company and statutory safety standards.

* Lead, develop, performance manage, coach and motivate team members.

* Ensure team members understand specific accountabilities and are provided with feedback and support where required.

* Develop clarity amongst team of strategy, business targets and development plans.

Requirements:

Must have

* Previous sales experience within the hard goods sector / trade counter

* Preferably you will have understanding of Gases, Industrial, Safety and welding products and processes including safety.

* Previous management experience

* Good leadership and negotiation skills with the ability to influence others.

* Robust selling skills

* Ability to deliver sales growth

* Ability to work on own initiative and to deadlines

* Full clean driving licence

Additional Requirements:

* The successful candidate will display a high degree of self-motivation, flexibility and commitment to high levels of customer service.

* Candidates should also be of reasonable fitness as a degree of physical activity is involved

* Experience and knowledge of selling industrial gases is an advantage

To Apply:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a World leader in its field and will offer job security as well as further job opportunities for the right person. If you would like to be considered, please send your up-to-date CV to Totec today or give us a call to discuss any queries you may have.

All applicants must be eligible to live & work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility is required from candidates as part of the recruitment process (i.e. visa, residency permit, passport etc.)

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