Area Sales Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £27000 - £30000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Audi A3
- Closing date
- 25 Aug 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 to become an Area Sales Manager selling consumer goods to national accounts, regional distributors and independent retailers. Territory will include the South East
Client Details
The client is a household name in the consumer goods industry. The business has an impressive track record for growth globally and is widely regarded as an industry leader. There is a huge career potential as the company like to promote from within and encourage organic growth, as they have just promoted the previous Area Sales Manager! They value their employees and offer excellent training, development and benefits.
Description
Responsibilities of the Area Sales Manager include but are not limited to:
- Managing and growing the existing account base of national accounts, regional distributors and independent retailers within the designated territory.
- Drive sales through the retailers and assist on training and merchandising
- Build strong customer relationships based on their need
- Assist with tradeshows and exhibitions and follow up on the sales leads created
- Report market data accurately
Profile
As the Area Sales Manager, you will:
- Have minimum 12-18 months field sales experience within a FMCG role
- Ideally have experience selling to branches of national accounts, regional distributors and independent retailers Degree Calibre
- Have strong selling and negotiation skills
- Be highly motivated with strong commercial awareness and the ability to use commercial knowledge to increase profit and business growth.
- Work individually and as part of a team
- Have knowledge of the Central London market
Job Offer
The Area Sales Manager will be offered £27,000 to £30,000 + 20% Bonus + Audi A3 + Excellent Benefits including pension health insurance
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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