Key Account Manager - Residential and Housing

Key Account Manager - Residential and Housing

GBP50,000 + 35% OTE

London and the Southeast

Permanent, Full Time

Gerflor and Gradus are leaders in innovative flooring and interior solutions, providing high-quality products for commercial, healthcare, education, and residential sectors. We are committed to delivering excellence in design, functionality, and sustainability.

The role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Key Account Manager to identify, secure and manage social and new build projects throughout your territory ensuring timely delivery and a carefully managed supply chain through local stocks in distribution and direct business.

Target customers

• Local Authority Housing, Housing Associations, PRS Builders

• House Builders (national+ regional), Distributors, Larger Retailers

• Builder s Merchants (Managed Services)

Main responsibilities

• Working with the UK Housing Lead you will coordinate national accounts within your territory that operate nationally i.e. head offices in London.

• You ll generate specifications with Social Housing and New Build Housing providers, develop and grow the private rental sector as well as the build-to-rent market across London and the wider area.

• You'll achieve the budgeted sales for residential products with the distributor network on your territory, by increasing the proportion of pass back housing specifications to distribution network.

• Working closely with your distribution base, you ll manage the supply chain for ongoing projects via forecasting and ensuring stock is in place to meet required delivery targets.

• You'll use the Gerflor CRM system to record and manage your projects customers and sales activities.

• You'll provide market intelligence concerning competition, distribution, product trends, and standards

About you

We are looking for someone with solid experience in residential, housing or PRS (Private Rented Sector) sectors

Collaborative in your approach, you'll have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to converse clearly and effectively at all levels.

Organised and self-motivated, you ll have the ability to track projects from start to finish and be able to work autonomously as well as in team environment.

You will also be IT literate with skills in Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

What we offer in return

• Potential bonus of up to 35% of salary based on a mix of business performance and achievement of personal objectives.

• Laptop / Mobile Phone

• Company Car

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (4-5 days saved for Christmas)

• Your birthday annual leave day

• Employee Benefits Platform (VIVUP) (inc. discounted shopping and Cycle to work scheme)

• Additional annual leave purchase scheme

• Group life insurance and death in service

• Pension auto-enrolment after 3 months

• Occupational Health Services

• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 free confidential advice

• Discounted Gym Membership with Everlast Gym

• Free parking on all sites