Business Development Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- North West England
- Salary
- £25000 - £35000 per annum
- Closing date
- 12 Jul 2016
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
A fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and dedicated sales candidate with a passion for the consumer sector to develop a long term career in key accounts.
Client Details
A sports and lifestyle brand with UK heritage, a fantastic back story and the highest quality, innovative product offering. Still a family run business, they operate with strong ethics and invest in their staff to train and develop long term careers. With scope to double their turnover in the next few years they require a proactive sales person to achieve this.
Description
Opportunity to join an international branded sports and lifestyle manufacturer selling into the retail market as Business Development Manager. Supporting the wider business, you will be responsible for growing a portfolio of independent and key accounts retailers across the UK.
You will achieve in this role through a combination of account growth and business development to build long lasting business relationships. You will provide a consultative approach and a full commercial package to your accounts to retain loyalty in a highly competitive market.
Profile
Key Skills - Business Development Manager:
- Recent sales and or account management experience, ideally within the FMCG sector.
- Passion for retail and developing a career in National Accounts.
- High energy individual with a passion for people and building strong customer relationships.
- Must be results-orientated and able to work both independently and within a team environment.
- Must possess excellent verbal and written communication.
- Excellent PC skills - Office including Excel & Powerpoint.
- Valid UK driving license located ideally in North West England or the North East/Yorkshire.
Job Offer
Business Development Manager offering a basic salary dependent upon experience and unrivalled commission structure.
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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