Sales Director - Aluminium Windows & Doors

Proven construction products sales leader required to direct, steer and spearhead our client's internal and external UK sales teams.

The Position:

Reporting to the General Manager, the appointed Sales Director will:

* Develop and implement a strategic sales plan for the business

* Promote the company to architects, end users, contractors and developers throughout the UK

* Secure new business through new and existing contacts

* Generate enquiries, present company products, gain specifications and follow up leads and quotations

* Lead and direct the Sales Team

* Produce sales forecasts and annual sales targets, projecting expected sales volumes and profit for existing and new products

* Meet monthly sales targets and weekly reporting on sales activity

* Arrange and present CPDs

* Implement marketing strategy, analyse trends and results

The Candidate:

Applicants will be resilient and experienced sales leaders capable of demonstrating:

* Proven senior management capability in leading and recruiting a multi–site team

* Significant aptitude for managing external and internal sales staff

* Experience of KPI setting and monitoring, performance reviews and professional development

* A 'hands on' strong leadership style, leading by example

* Previous sales experience with ability to demonstrate sales success and achieving set targets

* Good knowledge of either glazing products or the wider construction industry

* Demonstrable business acumen, commercial awareness and knowledge including the ability to negotiate and build lasting relationships.

* Knowledge of data analysis and performance metrics using business management software (eg CRM)

* Good communications skills, both written and verbal

* Exemplary organisational and time–management skills

* Experience in gaining specifications for construction products

* Advanced computer skills

The Company:

Established for nearly twenty years, our client is a specialist designer, manufacturer and installer of premium quality ultra slim doors and windows for high–end residential and commercial markets. The company's clients include architects, developers, interior designers, contractors, structural engineers and homeowners