***HEAD OF SALES*** - Innovative Food SME - Growing +100% YoY - Grocery Experience Required

Head of Sales

Salary up to £85,000 + Bonus

Location – London, Central (Minimum 3-4 Days per week)

The Client

An innovative food SME growing rapidly (100% YoY) with ambitious plans is looking for a world class individual to come in and drive sales at this crucial time. This is an opportunity to be part of an exciting food brand and will provide significant responsibility and autonomy. You will be reporting directly into the MD. The current team is around 15 members of staff.

The Role

The key responsibilities and duties will include the following:

• You will be responsible for managing and developing the Top 5 accounts such as Tesco, Waitrose, JS etc.
• You will also look to open new doors and spot opportunities where possible.
• The role includes line management responsibility and you will be required to build the team further. 
• You will also be responsible for working with the other departments such as Marketing & Finance as this a very open and fluid business.

The Candidate

You will be keen about the food market and have 3+ years’ experience within sales. It is essential that you have top 5 account management experience and enjoy presenting. You must possess the following skills:

• Hardworking, enthusiastic, intelligent and sales focused.
• An excellent communicator with first-rate influencing and networking skills.
• Strong literacy and financial skills including numerical analysis.
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and persuasive selling skills.
• Outstanding time management.

The Bottom Line

If you are looking for an opportunity to learn and develop in a fast paced environment and be rewarded with excellent progression and a very competitive salary then apply now! Alternatively please call Sam Lawrence at Maddison Lee for a confidential discussion.

Please note due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have been unsuccessful.