Sales Executive
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £23000 - £26000 per annum + Bonus
- Closing date
- 4 Mar 2016
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Sales and Marketing Executive for a home accessories company. It is an office based role based in North London with travel within Europe
Client Details
The client is a well established growing small home accessories company, clients include John Lewis, Laura Ashley, Marks & Spencers, Fenwicks and smaller independent retailers. They are looking for an ambitious person to drive sales and marketing to both trade and retail. As this is a new role, there is great opportunity to make a difference and reporting directly to the Managing Director.
Description
The Sales Executive role, you will be helping to manage key accounts such as John Lewis, Laura Ashley, Marks & Spencers, Fenwicks and smaller independent retailers. You will be required to call, email and meet with prospects and clients so a confident personable telephone manner is a must. It will involve helping set up tradeshows (four per year: Paris, Frankfurt, London and Birmingham) and following up leads from the tradeshows. You will also do some PR, dealing with interior magazines and finding the relevant contacts and promoting the brand. This is London based role with travel to European trade shows
Profile
As the Sales Executive, ideally you will have some sales and marketing experience within an FMCG environment. You will be passionate about home accessories and have an interest in fine art. You will need to be self- motivated, creative and presentable to clients.
Job Offer
The Sales Executive will be offered £23,000 - £26,000 Basic Salary + Performance Incentive Bonus
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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