Business Development Executive – SW/ West Midlands/ Wales

Business Development Executive – SW/ West Midlands/ Wales 

Remote working and travel across South West England, West Midlands and South Wales 

Salary of up to £30,000 subject to skills and experience, plus a fantastic benefits package including company car, bonus and access to our flexible benefits platform. 

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Kohler UK - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment, investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Put simply, it’s who we are. Whether you arrive at our factories in Cheltenham or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you’ll instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same values at Kohler Mira. 

From day one you’re part of the Kohler Mira community – a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers, develop innovative products and services and inspire our people (who knew a bathroom manufacturing company did all this?!) 

But, to get to where we want to be, we are looking for a Business Development Executive to join our Sales team. Find out more below! 

Who you are: 

At Kohler Mira we are passionate about delivering extraordinary showering experiences for all consumers. In this key role you will ensure that the consumer understands the Why Mira difference when they visit all of our key showroom partners premises. This will involve training showroom staff, engaging and advising consumers, ensuring our products look great, are available to buy, and are merchandised to help the consumer choose Mira and feel delighted when they do. 

What you’ll do: 

• Ensure that within Mira Showers’ key showroom partners there is an effective execution of the key purchase drivers: Product displays, Product availability and knowledgeable showroom staff to help the consumer choose Mira and feel delighted when they do.
• Achieve brand, stock and merchandising compliance targets to ensure that the consumer can understand Why Mira and are able to complete their purchase instore.
• Deliver engaging training to showroom staff online or instore to ensure they become Mira brand ambassadors and can promote and sell the benefits to their customers.
• Engage with consumers when in store, acting as the Mira brand ambassador, offering advice and communicating the benefits of Mira showers to help them choose Mira and feel delighted when they do.
• Achieve sales targets by securing secondary product siting and additional display space through building a relationship with showroom staff.
• Undertake tactical field marketing activity that supports key strategic objectives.

Education and experience requirements: 

Essential: 

• A university or apprenticeship graduate
• A highly positive, enthusiastic and customer focused self-starter who can work independently and is looking to pursue a career in sales and marketing.
• Competent in Microsoft Teams or equivalent, Excel, Powerpoint, Word and Outlook.
• Data literate – has an ability to analyse information and present it in a manner that gives clear insight.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good at building relationships and communicating effectively
• Clean, full driving licence is required.
• Comfortable with on average up to 2 overnight stays per week

Desirable: 

• Experience in the commercial arena; sales, marketing, retail, merchandising, or in customer services/ hospitality sector.

We can offer you a lot in return!   

 At Kohler, you’re not a number, you’re a valued member of our team (or as we like to say, an “associate”). What this means for you, is focused development that is personalised – all of the challenge you desire with all the support you need, as well as global opportunities should you desire. We also offer competitive benefits, including a focus on wellbeing and a genuine commitment to ‘giving something back’ through our Stewardship (CSR) efforts. We believe that our depth of knowledge and breadth of opportunities set us apart and if you believe you’d add something to our team, we’d love to hear from you. You can find out more about our operating philosophy, Believing in Better, here.  

As an organisation, Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse associates, consumers, partners, and global communities. As an equal opportunities employer, it is Kohler Mira’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If, as an individual with a disability, you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact talentacquisitionuk@kohler.com 

About Us 

In the UK, Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market leading brands; Mira Showers, Rada Controls and Kohler Company. Where our brands differ in market position, they are equal in quality, each living up to the Kohler Company mission to live on the leading edge of design and technology and provide a single level of quality regardless of price.  

Learn more about us, our brands and career opportunities at www.kohlermira.co.uk