Contractor/Specification Sales Manager

We’re looking for a Contractor Specification Sales Manager to join our Contractor Team. Covering central London, you will promote and sell Crown trade brands, Sandtex Trade, and Sadolin Trade brands via sales and specification assigned to a specific geographic area and customer group.

Postcodes - SW, SE, E, N, NW, W, WC, EC

This is your opportunity to sell and promote products and services to a ledger of contractor customers and end clients.

Do you have knowledge of the coatings/construction/trade industry and want to try a field based role? Then this may be the role for you.

Drive regional promotions to give the territory a competitive advantage.

Manage some great accounts and increase sustainable, profitable sales growth.

Identify, develop and manage new opportunities in your region

Management of secured business and implementation of tailored specification support packages

Produce highly detailed technical specifications

What are we looking for?

We would love to speak to anyone with sales experience in a coatings/construction/trade environment whether that be in a field based role or in a store. Someone who can build relationships, is motivated by KPIs/targets and cis ambitious and self-driven.

We are ideally looking for candidates who live centrally in the listed postcode areas as the coverage is quite vast.

You’ll be provided with a company car to carry out your role so you must hold a current valid UK manual driving license.

Interested? Apply!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Application due

2026-04-24

Seniority Level

Associate

Job Functions

Business Development, Sales

Industry

Chemicals

Crown Paints is one of UK’s most renown paint manufacturers and we have been manufacturing for over 200 years, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. However, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world through our ownership structure. Crown Paints is part of the Hempel Group, which gives our company stability and our employees extended, global career possibilities. ​