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Sales Manager
Job Type
Permanent
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary
45000 - 55000 per annum
Job Ref
BBBH169668_1763574850
Date Added
November 19th, 2025
Consultant
amy hallworth
Title: Sales Manager - Chemicals
Location: Remote, occasional requirement on site in Manchester office
Salary: 45,000 - 55,000 + benefits
Term: Permanent
SRG is partnering with a leading chemical manufacturer in Manchester, who offer a wide range of innovative raw materials to manufacturers and brands in the UK market (encompassing Personal Care, HI&I, Oil & Gas and Agriculture amongst others). With world-class R&D and manufacturing facilities, 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 the UK and Ireland, regularly meeting customers to continually build, develop and grow customer relationships across a variety of chemical manufacturers and brands.
With several existing buying accounts, the role will be approximately 50/50 business development-account management.
Benefits: Car allowance, very generous bonus scheme (up to 20k annually!), full autonomy to manage a well-established territory with scope to grow it further.
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 Northern UK & Ireland chemicals market
• 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 chemical customers
• Maintaining and updating the database to build a global customer pool
• Keeping abreast of product development & trends in the chemicals industry.

Requirements

• Recent direct experience in consultative and technical sales of chemical raw materials to either Personal Care, HI&I, Oil & Gas, Agriculture or other related sectors
• 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 across the whole of the UK
• Full, clean UK driving licence
• A proactive approach and drive to deliver exceptional customer service

If you would like to apply for this position, please use the link provided. Alternatively, please email a copy of your CV to For more information regarding this position or any others, please call Amy on 07979 020974. If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you, please feel free to get in touch or visit to view our other vacancies.
SRG is the UK's number one recruitment company specialising in the scientific, engineering, clinical, pharmaceutical, food/FMCG, energy & renewables, biotech, chemical and medical device sectors.
As scientists ourselves, our specialist sector knowledge and our passion are second to none. It's this combination that makes us different. We're committed to providing outstanding temporary, contract and permanent career opportunities of all levels for our candidates and a comprehensive range of expert strategic recruitment services for our clients.
Keywords: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Business Development, Chemical Sales, Technical Sales, Personal Care, HI&I, Agriculture, Raw Materials, Active Ingredients, Surfactants, Speciality Chemicals.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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