Branch Sales Manager

Openshaw, Manchester
Minster

Are you based in the MANCHESTER area?

Do you have a passion for working with people?

Do you have sales leadership experience gained in Construction Materials supply?

Minster, a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is on the hunt for an Branch Sales Manager who’s as passionate about great service as we are.

We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)

Hours – 7.00 – 5.00 Monday to Friday

18 Whitworth Street
Openshaw
Manchester
M11 2NJ

Key Responsibilities

• Act as first line support to the Branch Manager to lead and support the team to deliver success and suggest opportunities for continuous improvement
• Managing team of 3 Internal Sales Specialists

• Get to know our product lines and services in order to make the most of all customer interactions

• Develop great relationships with new and existing Customers (both face to face and over the phone), understanding their needs and providing proactive advice and solutions so that you can deliver the best experience possible

• Get to know the local market to support plans for sales growth

• Use our in-house systems to process customer orders, organise delivery times, and keep customers updated throughout their journey
• Lead your team to make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive Basic Salary

• Performance Related Bonus

• Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) – with Legal & General

• Life Assurance – From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.

• WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway

• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)

• Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover

• Employee Discount

• Refer a Friend scheme

• Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks

• New Reward and Recognition programme – launching soon!

• 34 days holiday per year

Required Skills and Experience

• Understanding of the sector, including products and systems, suppliers, industry practices and market trends
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop a multi-disciplined teams to deliver results.
• Good financial and commercial awareness
• Experience of developing great customer and supplier relationships and proactively growing sales – both personally as well as establishing a strong sales culture throughout the team
• Strong commercial acumen, ability to identify gaps in performance and opportunities.
• Experience of delivering operational efficiencies and managing resources, inventory, transport, health & safety and all compliance on site
• Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Resilient and confident to manage conflict.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• GCSEs (Or equivalent) – Maths & English
• Post-GCSE qualification
• IT literate

About us

At Minster, we’re proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We’re a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.

If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today!