Sales Director - Ingredients
- Employer
- Ashwood Executive Search International
- Location
- United Kingdom - Homebased
- Salary
- £90,000 - £120,000 + Bonus + Car + Benefits
- Closing date
- 26 Jul 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
Sales Director – UK and Ireland
Home Based
Package - £90,000 - £120,000 + Bonus + car + Benefits
Iconic world leader in Ingredients and Nutrition within Food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, my client is truly pioneering with its state of the art factories and continued investment in R&D and innovation. This business is highly respected with its strong value led culture and entrepreneurial spirit.
Following a re-structure we are now looking for a talented, high potential Sales Director to lead one of their major channels. This is an exciting landing role with expectation to reach the VP UK & Ireland position within 18 months.
Responsibilities:
- Prospect and close new business opportunities through effective solution selling
- Identify a portfolio of quality growth projects
- Develop robust strategic relationships with customers
- Implement business pricing decisions
- Manage and develop a team of Account Managers driving their growth agenda
- Understand the competition
- Work cross functionally with R&D and Marketing
Experience;
- Strong technical understanding of the Ingredients or Flavourings sector is essential
- Experience in Solutions selling in a customer facing role
- Proven leadership skills , you must have managed a team
- Winning new business as well as developing and growing existing accounts
- Good knowledge of food science and product development
- Strong commercial acumen
- Proven track record of success
- Excellent communication skills
If you have the necessary skills and are interested, Please contact us for a confidential discussion
Whilst we would like to respond to all the applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive. If you've not heard from us within 7 days, unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Company
At Ashwood Executive Search International we specialise in recruiting globally, from middle management positions to £six-figure executive assignments. Working primarily with FMCG organisations our clients range from high profile blue-chip companies to smaller niche and developing businesses. Our aim is to be viewed by clients as a world-class provider of the most talented people, while providing candidates with the very best advice, mentoring and coaching services to further their careers.
We have established an outstanding track-record providing Sales, Marketing, Category, Consumer Innovation, Technical, Manufacturing, HR and Supply Chain professionals. With a reputation for achieving excellent results, both for our clients and candidates, we strongly believe we can help you with your requirements. If you are a candidate this means we will work with you to find the ideal role to match your talents and aspirations. If you are a business it means we will apply our expertise and knowledge to source the most talented and culturally relevant people for your organisation.
Ashwood continues to grow and develop as we apply our unique methods and style of resourcing. With UK teams in Bracknell and London and operations in New York and Johannesburg, we provide clients with extensive worldwide coverage that is designed to deliver the top talent for their business.
Charity Partnership - Ashwood Executive Search International and Farm Africa
Ashwood Executive Search International are pleased to announce that we will be extending our support of the charity Farm Africa for another year.
Our world is one of global connections and as a key player in the food industry, Ashwood is determined to play our part in ending one of the biggest challenges facing the world today; hunger. We are outraged that 1 in 8 people go to bed hungry every night and are determined to help create a different future for these 1 billion people.
- Website
- http://www.ashwood.co.uk/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 1344 206262
- Location
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Index House
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7ET
GB
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