Director of Sales
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- West Midlands
- Salary
- £50000 - £65000 per annum
- Closing date
- 26 Jun 2015
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
SummaryWorking for a Times Top 100 employee as their Director of Sales, based a couple of days a week from the West Midlands.
Client Details
With over 20 years trading history, my client is a large, independently owned food business who have been recognised for their great working culture as both a Times Top 100 employer and a Best Place To Work. They pride themselves on great customer service and this is demonstrated through a large proportion of their business coming from customer referrals. They are now looking to expand their sales team and are looking for a Director of Sales to drive this.
Description
As the Director of Sales you will be responsible to the leadership and strategy of the national new business development team, focusing on the hotel and restaurant channel. Currently running at a small headcount it will be your responsibility to grow the profitably and headcount size of this team alongside identifying some larger clients of your own.
Profile
This is a critical hire for my client and it is imperative that the successful Director of Sales is a dynamic leader and coach with previous experience of sales into the Hotel/Restaurant channel. Ideally you will have worked for a large business but will be looking to get into a smaller environment where you can be a part of this exciting growth period, although strong profiles from SMEs will be considered. Ideally degree educated
Job Offer
Salary is flexible for the right candidate, brilliant pension and benefits package
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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