Area Sales Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- Highlands
- Salary
- £26000 - £28000 per annum + car, commission, phone, laptop
- Closing date
- 8 Sep 2016
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
We are currently working alongside a well known market leader who are looking for an Area Sales Manager to cover Fraserburgh through to Nairn and parts of Aviemore. This will be a field based role and one that will encompass new business development as well as managing existing accounts.
Client Details
Our client are a market leading supplier of food produce throughout the UK.
Description
The role will involve management of a territory from Fraserburgh through to Nairn and parts of Aviemore. We are seeking a hungry candidate with a couple of years of field sales experience.
This will be a role that is stand alone in terms of your individual patch, however, you will work closely with your colleagues covering different parts of the country to ensure cross selling opportunities are maximised and to ensure best practise is being utilised at all times.
The position itself will be a mixture of managing existing accounts, trying to expand where possible, and new business development. Therefore, 'cold-calling' will be part of the position. However, it will not be the sole requirement.
All prospective or existing clients will be businesses so we are ideally looking for someone with B2B sales experience.
Profile
Candidates should have the following attributes:-
- Motivated
- Self starter
- Time management
- Commercially aware
- Excellent communication
- Focused on customer service
- Comfortable with cold calling
- B2B sales exposure
- Organised
Job Offer
Attractive basic salary, car, phone, laptop, commission.
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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