Sales Manager - Oilfield Chemicals

Experienced Oilfield Chemicals Sales Manager looking to further develop their career required for a growing, well-established chemical distributor in Cheshire.

Title: Sales Manager - Oilfield Chemicals

Location: Hybrid, 1 day a week in Cheshire office

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + benefits

Term: Permanent

SRG is partnering with a leading chemical supplier and distributor in Cheshire, who offer a wide range of innovative raw materials to manufacturers and brands in the UK industrial chemicals market (encompassing oilfield, HI&I, lubricants and water treatment amongst others). With world-class R&D and manufacturing facilities in Europe and globally, they have a well-known reputation for success in the market. Adopting a value-based sales approach, you will travel extensively across the North of England & Scotland, regularly meeting customers to continually build, develop and grow customer relationships across oilfield chemical manufacturers.

The role will be largely business development, focusing on the oilfield industry in the North of Scotland.

Benefits: Company car (for personal and business use), 10-15% bonus (purely based on individual performance) + impressive training budget for external training courses.

Role / Description

Identifying, contacting and developing new business using a variety of methods
Promoting the company's range of innovative raw materials
Growing market presence across the North England & Scotland oilfield chemicals markets
Growing existing customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and ultimately look to increase account spend
Travelling approximately 1/3 of your time across the UK to visit customer sites
Generating leads to identify new potential UK industrial chemical customers
Maintaining and updating the database to build a global customer pool
Keeping abreast of product development & trends in the chemicals industryRequirements

Direct experience in consultative and technical sales of chemical raw materials to the oilfield industry
Degree-level qualified (or equivalent) in Chemistry or a closely related subject
Experience with delivering technical presentations on chemical raw materials
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Willing, and excited, to travel 1/3 of your time largely in Scotland
Full, clean UK driving licence
A proactive approach and drive to deliver exceptional customer service
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