Business Development Manager
Knauf UK & Ireland are a market-leading manufacturer of lightweight building materials for the construction industry. We are part of the Knauf Group, the world’s largest producer of gypsum-based products for the construction industry.
We are currently recruiting for a Business Development Manager to join our Exteriors team, the location of this role extends across the home counties and London.
In a nutshell...
You are responsible for the promotion, specification and sales. You will work as part of the wider Business Development team to maintain & develop both existing customers and markets as well exploring new sectors, customers and solution offerings. As part of the wider Business Development team you will also support, the new markets sales function, in delivering valuable market & customer insights. You will champion CRM as a customer management tool, tracking specified projects, completing quotations and updating customer information where required. You will be the ‘face of’ Knauf to customers and will work in partnership across multiple stakeholders including Architects, Main & Sub-contractors & distributors. Overall, you are vital in delivering the future growth of Knauf UK.
Requirements:
- Strong Business Development or technical sales background
- Excellent understanding of the construction products market (desirable but not essential)
- Ability to establish and maintain quality relationships with Architects, main contractors, manufacturers, sub-contractors and specifiers
- Excellent communication and ability to influence across all levels
CRM Champion: promote the value of customer relationship management tool - Experience using a CRM system, raising quotations and inputting sales data on a regular basis
- Adaptable individual who embraces change and constantly looks for ways to improve the organisation
- Customer focused
- Must be able to provide solutions when discussing problems
- Able to build strong relationships with colleagues and enjoys working in a team environment.
Interested? Click Apply! We are committed to acknowledging your application within 5 working days.
Knauf Employee Benefits include:
- A competitive annual salary + package (car and bonus!)
- Three paid days leave for community, charitable, or voluntary commitments.
7% employer pension contribution.
Cashplan Healthcare. - Income Protection.
- Reward & Benefits platform, including; retailer discounts, eyecare vouchers, gym membership discounts, etc!
- Access to Employee Assistance Program (legal or medical advice).
- Life Assurance (4 x your basic salary).
- A counsellor and life coach offered to all our employee’s free of charge.
- Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme.
Knauf UK & Ireland is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of; age, disability, race, gender reassignment and identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
- Department
- Sales & Marketing
- Role
- Sales
- Locations
- Sittingbourne
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
Sittingbourne
Employee Benefits
Here at Knauf, our colleagues receive the following benefits:
- Competitive annual leave entitlement.
- Birthday as Paid Leave
- Three paid days leave for community, charitable, or voluntary commitments.
- 7% employer pension contribution.
- Level 3 Westfield Cashplan Healthcare.
- Income Protection
- Access to Perkbox benefits platform.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program (legal or medical advice).
- Life Assurance (x 4 times your basic salary).
- A counsellor and life coach offered to all our employee’s free of charge.
- Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme.
About Knauf UK & Ireland
We are one of the leading manufacturers of gypsum-based building materials in the UK.
We are proud to be a part of the Knauf Group, one of the largest independent building materials manufacturers in the world.
We sell plasterboard, plaster, metal sections, flooring, external renders, insulating laminates, drywall accessories and more and have more than 250 production facilities and sales organisations in over 86 countries. We employee over 35,000 people worldwide.
Business Development Manager
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