Merchant Support Manager

Manchester, Lancashire
GCS Associates

Role: Merchant Support Manager – Landscaping Materials – Building Materials

Sector: Builders Merchants / Building Materials

Location: An external role covering some of North England and North Wales (involving nights away – accommodation provided)

Salary: £25,000 to £32,000 dependent on experience, plus vehicle.

If you fancy an area sales role in the future then this could be the ideal stepping stone for such a posiiton. It’s an interesting Merchant Support / Merchandiser / Promotional role with a good degree of autonomy.

Ultimately we are looking for a Merchant Support Manager to work for our client, a leading independent supplier of landscaping materials who sell through the distribution channels – builders merchants and landscaping centres.

• Are you currently a Regional Merchandiser with a company selling construction supplies or building materials?
• Are you currently within a sales role within the building materials, construction supplies sector such as a builders merchants, landscaping and other construction related sales roles?

Then APPLY NOW!

The right candidate will be required to visit builders merchants, landscaping centres and other stockists, contractors etc – ‘selling the dream’ visually and verbally. So, this merchandiser role needs an outgoing personality and credibility. Well suited to an existing merchant support person, merchandiser or someone with a customer service, sales background within the builders merchants or construction sales background. As stated, this position would suit someone who wants to take their first step towards a Regional Sales Representative, External Sales, Area Sales type role. This position isn’t targeted – whilst some sales skills are required – it is more of a promotional role providing product knowledge to both potential customers and the merchants selling your product. In addition to this you will at times work alongside the area sales team potentially managing the smaller accounts – this will provide you with great experience for the future too.

This position is a regional role and will require travel throughout the region and could therefore involve a number of nights away per week. Hotel accommodation will obviously be made available to you.

For the majority of the time you’ll use a ‘normal’ van provided by the company. In addition to this, on some occassions you may be required to use a promotional vehicle, with drop sides and tail, extending to 8m long with displays, TV screen, demo space etc. A quality display facility.

On a typical day, you’ll visit sites which stock this companies products. Whilst at sites you will check the displays are stocked. Provide product training to the staff at the merchants who sell your products and generally give any advice to any customers who may be there at the time. As stated, some of your time will also involve key account management with some of the smaller accounts. It’s a varied role!

Full training on the products will be given. These products are well respected in the industry.

In return the client can offer a sound package that will offer a strong basic salary and benefits. Along with very real career prospects.

If you have experience selling to Builder Merchants or merchandiser experience, setting up Merchandising displays in a Heavyside environment then please APPLY NOW. It should be noted however – the right person could come from a number of different backgrounds so if you don’t have any of the experience mentioned above but you genuinely feel you could fulfil the needs of the role then get in touch