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Export Sales Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, North West England
Salary
£40000 - £45000 per annum
Closing date
25 May 2017

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales
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Job Details





Fantastic opportunity for an existing, proven Export Sales Manager or International Account Manager to join a business where you can make a real impact to the development of a house hold brand and be empowered with high autonomy to develop the strategy in key, strategic regions.



Client Details



A growing brand in the DIY industry experiencing exciting development and can offer future opportunity. The business prides itself on its fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a clear focus on product innovation and a strong heritage brand. The business has a solid background and commit themselves to producing top quality, trusted products for the International market. The business have an aggressive strategy to increase their turnover with a major focus on growing their position across Western Europe.



Description



An exciting opportunity for a high achieving Export Sales Manager with a proven background in developing international markets. You will be responsible for the European region with focus on Western countries including France, Germany to develop the network of distributors. You will utilise all the excellent internal tools such as category and NPD to deliver excellent service and manage relationships effectively both internally and externally. You will be responsible for a team of field representatives internationally to increase volume, ranges and margins.



This is the ideal opportunity for a driven and ambitious Export specialise that can demonstrate rapid development in their current role and is looking for a fresh challenge. You will be looked upon to bring new, innovative ideas and will be required to take a flexible, hands on approach to your work. You must be passionate about both consumer brands and the export market.



Profile



Key Skills - Export Sales Manager:

  • Excellent selling skills, currently working as an International/Export Account Manager within the FMCG sector.
  • European language skills, ideally fluent in English, French and or German.
  • Good reporting and written communication skills with a straight talking approach.
  • Strong customer skills with the map out a new market and grow permanent partnerships.
  • Proven background of people management and development.
  • Flexible approach to your work with the ability to develop and implement a business strategy.
  • Based commutable to the North West England as required.




    • Job Offer



    Competitive basic salary based on experience level plus 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

    Join in the discussion in our LinkedIn group Michael Page Sales - UK

     

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