Area Sales Manager

Area Sales Manager

Dedicated Area Sales Manager with a High Customer Service Ethic

We are seeking a highly motivated sales professional, ideally located in the North East of England or Scotland for the position as Area Sales Manager. The Area Sales Manager position has strategic as well as operational aspects as the person will identify and drive new business within strategic sectors and have the responsibility to cultivate, develop and nurture significant customers in order to ensure Vikan a position as a preferred partner.
 

Besides being the Area Sales Manager with responsibility for Scotland, Ireland and North of England, your Primary Areas of Responsibility will be:

• Build and grow strong relations with key end users and distributors.
• Develop sales to key distributors and end users.
• Grow sales in line with budget and strategy.
• Manage full implementation of product training to key stakeholders.
• Ensure increased customer satisfaction through professional account management.
• Identify further opportunities with key business partner and end-user to secure that Vikan in the future will be a preferred partner/supplier.

You will work in a strategically important market for Vikan and can expect exciting and varied tasks offering you a high degree of professional and personal development. You will work directly and very closely with the management in Vikan UK and will get a direct influence on the preparation of business plans as well as activity plans for the sales area.  

Candidate Requirements

Relevant Candidates have a strong business orientation, are able to drive the complete sales process and have a strong individual sales background and experience with sales concepts as well as having knowledge about the food and healthcare industries or other sectors where hygiene is essential would be a distinct advantage. As a person you are dynamic with hands-on and an action/solution oriented approach who is performance driven and ambitious.   In return, we offer an attractive salary package including a performance related bonus scheme and company car.

About Vikan

Vikan are market leaders in the manufacturing of high quality, food grade cleaning equipment and microfibre systems into the UK market. We pride ourselves in delivering the highest standard of customer service, both to distributors and end-users. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to join our team, working for a global company whose name is synonymous with high quality.

You will work in a successful and international company having a modern, open and informal communication structure. We encourage innovation, motivation and commitment in our staff through constructive participation, a team-based management with a very flat organizational structure.

For more information about the company please see the link below

http://www.vikan.com/uk/about-vikan/ 

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