Distribution Sales Specialist – North England

🕒 June 19

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤑 Sales

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Axalta

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1870

🏭 Manufacturing

🚘 Automotive

Manufacturing • Automotive • Industry

Axalta is a global leader in the coatings industry, with more than 150 years of experience in developing innovative surface solutions for a better and sustainable future. The company specializes in producing a range of coatings products including liquid, powder, and electrocoat solutions for various industries. Axalta serves markets including automotive refinish and OEMs, providing refinish products for body shops and advanced coatings for light and commercial vehicles. In addition to mobility solutions, Axalta's performance coatings are used in industrial applications such as oil and gas pipelines, rail cars, and agricultural equipment. Axalta aims to transform the industry through continuous innovation, offering high-performance products that enhance beauty and protect surfaces across the globe.

📋 Description

• Manage performance of Axalta and U-Pol distributors in the assigned North England region • Own distribution purchase targets, profitability, growth, demand forecasts, and brand image and policy standards • Act as the primary point of contact for local distributors • Develop and implement sales plans covering targets, profitability, distribution growth, products, and services • Coordinate sales-plan implementation with Sales, Account, and Market Specialists and the wider sales team • Expand distribution footprint through new distribution, line additions, and stock-point additions • Manage distributor needs end to end with sales, technical, supply chain, product group, and customer service teams • Analyze business environment and industry trends to retain customers and win new business • Communicate Axalta and U-Pol product and service attributes through proposals • Pioneer innovative opportunities and address challenges contributing to market success • Conduct periodic follow-up meetings and business reviews with distributors • Build collaborative distributor relationships while prioritizing Axalta’s interests and goals • Ensure proper use of Axalta’s CRM software

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and or 7+ years of Automotive Refinish industry experience required or Aftersales Automotive Market experience • 5+ years of selling and retention experience with a track record of hitting or exceeding goals • Experience selling to or managing relationships with top-tier customers / distributors preferred • Strong business acumen / financial knowledge, or at least basic notions of profitability and business case building • Result oriented • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, relationship building and presentation skills • Basic oral and written English knowledge; fluency preferred • Strong organizational, interpersonal and time management skills • Strong work ethic and self-discipline • Versatility to flex into different positions • Willingness to travel extensively, up to 60% of the time • Ideally open to an eventual move to another location

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Paid time off