Total Plumbing - Business Development Manager West
| Posting date: | 12 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,000 to £50,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Depending on Experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 September 2025 |
| Location: | SA18 3FE |
| Company: | LBS Builders Merchants |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | LBSG194901 |
Summary
LBS Builders Merchants is a market-leading, award-winning business with a strong reputation for quality products and exceptional customer service. Our Total Plumbing division continues to grow, and we’re now seeking a dynamic Total Plumbing Business Development Manager to help drive profitable sales, build customer relationships, and identify new opportunities in the West Wales trading area.
Reporting to the TP Sales Manager & LBS Sales Director, you’ll play a key role in developing sales performance across designated branches. Your focus will be on growing customer accounts, attracting new business, and promoting our full product and service range. This is a hands-on role that will see you out in the field daily, engaging with customers, suppliers, and branch teams to deliver results.
What you’ll be doing:
- Manage sales performance for an agreed customer ledger, focusing on profitable growth
- Identify and win new business within your trading area
- Increase customer spend through targeted selling within the Total Plumbing division
- Revive zero-spend or declining accounts
- Actively promote branch offers, company promotions, and the wider LBS Group offering
- Conduct daily site and customer visits, maximising the number of calls each day
- Work closely with suppliers to secure competitive buying prices and profitable selling margins
- Host and organise customer events, sometimes outside regular working hours
- Maintain accurate weekly call logs and reports for the Sales Manager and Commercial Director
- Support branches when needed, including covering other areas periodically
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in business development, ideally in plumbing, heating, or building supplies
- Commercially aware with strong negotiation skills
- Confident building relationships with customers and suppliers
- Self-motivated, organised, and able to manage their own time effectively
- A strong communicator with a professional approach
- Comfortable working both independently in the field and as part of a wider team
- Organised, adaptable, and solution focused.
- Willingness to take initiative and step up when needed.
Why join us?
Some of the benefits of working for us include Company Car/Car Allowance, Profit Share Bonus Scheme, Online discount portal including money off retail brands and holidays, Employee Care Helpline and access to a digital GP, staff discount scheme, Death in Service benefit, formal training and career progression opportunities.
Hours of work: An average of 40.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 8.00am – 4.30pm.
Salary: Depending on experience
Interested?
If you’re ready to take on a results-driven role with a successful and respected company, we’d love to hear from you.