Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within the Commercial Department could be the perfect opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us.

As a Group we are a global manufacturer of construction materials and our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.

Knauf is excited to announce an opportunity for a Client Development Manager to join our team in a national role. This position focuses on building and managing relationships with Tier 1 Contractors.

Can you say yes?

• Do you have experience managing relationships with Tier 1 contractors in the UK construction industry?
• Have you successfully developed and implemented client development strategies in your previous roles?
• Have you previously worked in a national role that required extensive travel?

If so we would welcome your application.

What you'll be doing:

You would need to develop and improve relationships while securing national client supply deals for Knauf; also working closely with regional sales teams to secure regional supply deals. The expectation is that you would manage existing agreements in place and ensure supply relations are maintained effectively. You would work on developing a greater interface with other Knauf companies in order to offer new and unique offers to clients. 

Main responsibilities include:

• Develop improved relations and secure national client supply deals for Knauf.
• Work closely with commercial and business development teams to support framework deals.
• Good market awareness to understand where the opportunities for business development lie.
• Strong sales capability to take advantage of the opportunities.
• Strong negotiator with good customer relationship building skills
• Able to close out opportunities to turn them into sales, and turn the sales into long term business.
• Ability to establish and maintain high quality partnership relationships with clients.
• Drive project specification pipeline data ensuring information it is cascaded for action as appropriate.
• Be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of commerciality and relationship implications of company actions on clients
• We are looking for a professional with the knowledge, skills and competence to manage client relations effectively.
• Delivery of the agreed strategies and budgets
• Ability to develop good relationship with colleagues and enjoy working within the team environment

What we'd love for you to have:

• A talent for building and sustaining excellent working partnerships through knowledge of relationship and facilitation techniques.
• Be able to show high interpersonal effectiveness to develop and sustain robust client relationships.
• A good knowledge of MS Office and the ability to work with I.T. platforms is necessary.
• Highly organised and able to prioritise workload to meet required deadlines.
• Ability to work well as part of team as well as own initiative.
• Good standard of communication and influencing skills.
• A positive can do approach to problem solving in a structured manner.
• Role involves extensive UK travel.

We will provide:

• A competitive salary + package
• Three paid days leave for community, charitable, or voluntary commitments.
• 7% employer pension contribution.
• Level 3 Westfield Cashplan Healthcare.
• Income Protection
• Access to a Reward & Benefits platform.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (legal or medical advice).
• Life Assurance (x 4 times your basic salary).
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process - so we have committed to replying to your application within three working days.