Sherwin-Williams
Trade Sales Specialist - North West London, Beds, Buck and Herts
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Job Description
- Req#: 2423693
- 3+ years of relevant professional sales experience and / or calling on contractors within retail or consumer goods industry
- Experience selling products to strategic accounts in home improvement, construction, or property maintenance industry
- Strong Organizational & Communication skills
- Conducting presentations to groups of employees
- Experience in sales, customer service or merchandising
- Ability to work independently
- P&L / Budget Management
- Previous paint/coatings experience
- Ability to work a flexible work schedule. This includes evenings and weekends
- Must have a valid driver’s licence
- Work life balance
- Competitive compensation programme
- Sales incentive plan
- Cash plan medical
- Company car and fuel card
- Company contributed pension
- Lunch allowance
- Career growth opportunities in a truly international environment
- Innovation leaders in the protective coatings industry
- Sherwin Academy offers continuous training programmes for all seniority levels
- Attractive wellbeing, mental health, women & inclusion and ID&E programmes
- Responsible for building the rapport and partnering with CAs and other Key Decision Makers at B&Q / Trade Point.
- Responsible for working collaboratively with the TSCs and B&Q / Trade Point personnel to identify and grow new Trade sales opportunities.
- Responsible for collaborating directly with and involving the Head of Trade on sales and service opportunities and new business leads and generations.
- Conduct product, application, and sales training sessions with all relevant B&Q / Trade Point personnel.
- Provide extraordinary service to both Trade customers and B&Q / Tradepoint, which includes, but not limited to: job-site demonstrations, problem solving, executing and following up on Paint trials, tinting / mixing paint as needed, and delivering paint to a job-site.
- Maintain an appropriate weekly Trade customer call rate and input all new contacts + maintain existing contacts in SFDC.
The Trade Sales Specialist (TSS) is primarily responsible for driving and increasing Trade business sales with the assigned region. As such, the TSS is responsible for growing, developing, maintaining and managing the overall relationship with new and existing Trade customers on behalf of Sherwin-Williams, B&Q / Trade Point. This responsibility requires 60% of time spent at the customers’ job sites and business locations, including meeting with and further developing business customer relationships. Through this effort, the ultimate goal of the TSS is to increase S-W Trade Sales penetration within assigned region and/or market(s).
This position covers the following stores - Acton, Bedford, Cambridge, Chiswick, Cricklewood, Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Peterborough, St Albans, Stanmore, Stevenage, Watford and Yeading.
The ideal candidate will live within this area.
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About the company
Sherwin-Williams Company is an American Fortune 500 company in the paint and coating manufacturing industry.
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