Permanent
Sales Executive
Exterior building products
Buckinghamshire
Up to £30k basic, plus £10k bonus potential, £6k car allowance, 25 days hols, plus can buy up to 5 extra days, B'day off

Sales Executive

Ref: 578| Posted: 27th Jan 2025

-Are you a recent graduate or an ambitious individual with 1 years+ sales experience, looking to move into the project led, specification market? Due to growth, our client, a market leading fenestration manufacturer, require an ambitious, engaging individual, to learn and develop their skills with architects, specifiers, housing associations & client end users, across the built environment. Offering £27k- £30k basic, plus circa £10k bonus potential, £6k car allowance and other great benefits. Covering North & North West London, Bucks, Beds, Herts, Berks, Oxon, Wilts & Glocs. This is a huge opportunity for a candidate on the rise, so if that's you, read on and APPLY TODAY!

-THE ROLE;

  • Due to growth, our client is looking for an ambitious sales executive, to join their commercial projects specification team.
  • This is a trainee type specification consultant role, where you'll be guided and supported in your professional development by the National Sales Manager and Specification Sales Manager, who combined have over 35 years experience working for this business. 
  • As Sales Executive, you'll work closely with architects, clients, housing associations and specifiers to generate specifications on their range of stylish and energy efficient timber, aluminium and composite windows and doors. Projects will typically be for the residential and education markets and typical size projects range between £50k-£1million+
  • For the 1st 6 months, 80% of your time will be doing joint calls with your colleagues to learn the business and route to market, before then flying solo, covering Architectural practices across North & North West London, Bucks, Beds, Herts, Berks, Oxon, Wilts & Glocs. The remaining 20% will be ensuring effective follow up and communication with other departments.
  • You will be taught how to hold and run CPD seminars, to both increase brand awareness and assist architects requirements.
  • You'll be covering N, NW, AL, SG, MK, LU, HP, SL, RG, OX, SN and GL postcodes. 

-THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE;

  • Our client is looking for a positive, engaging individual, with a great attitude, who wants to learn and develop their career with a genuine market leader in the construction industry.
  • Ideally you will already have some sales experience in the construction industry, or perhaps worked as a trainee architect, estimator or architectural technician and have a passion to move into a consultative, solutions led sales environment.
  • You will ideally have a relevant construction industry qualification or a passion to get into the sector, perhaps a recent graduate.
  • You will be a good presenter and good team player, ideally capable of reading and understanding construction drawings.
  • If you have any experience in the windows, curtain walling or fenestration industry, then great.
  • You will be IT literate and have a growth mindset.
  • A growth mindset, eager to learn, looking to join an outstanding employer.

-THE COMPANY;

  • Our client is a genuine industry leader in the fenestration industry.
  • They have excellent employee retention and offer industry leading training and support.

-THE REMUNERATION;

  • Basic salary of £27,000-£30,000 dependent on experience
  • Annual bonus potential of circa £10k
  • £6k car allowance, plus mileage allowance
  • 25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days holiday.
  • Birthday off.
  • Pension contribution of 5% from the employer and 4% employee.
  • Private medical cover after a qualifying period.
  • Mobile, laptop.
  • 3x death in service cover

This is a fabulous opportunity for an ambitious individual, who is looking to develop into specification sales with a genuine market leading fenestration manufacturer, so if you have the qualities that our client is looking for, then contact Colin Chandler, Nick Harris or Tom Gerrans on 01737 452030 or email your CV to info@chandlerharrisrecruitment.co.uk