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Sales & Marketing Director

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
South East England
Salary
Basic salary £75,000- £85,000 + attractive package
Closing date
19 Aug 2017

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

Job Details

Sales & Marketing Director

- South East

This is a superb opportunity to join a market-leading company, currently going through an exciting phase of domestic and international growth and operating at the premium end of the home sector.

Details about the Client

My client is a long established, privately owned company with a strong brand reputation. With their own UK manufacturing facility and a highly developed international supply chain they enjoy an impeccable reputation in the market. The company heavily reinvest profits back in to the business to drive growth.

The company are truly market leading and demonstrate this through an extensive and high-end client base, primarily in UK retail but including architects and designers both in the UK and throughout the world. My client is renowned for leading edge design and combines sophisticated manufacturing with tradition craft techniques.

Detailed Job Description

Reporting to the MD the key responsibilities will include:

  • Developing and deploying strategic business initiatives that increase profitability and shareholder value.
  • Developing detailed sales plans, budgets, forecasts and targets.
  • Management and leadership of the regional sales force, developing a high performing team to deliver on sales targets
  • Building strong relationships with key customers and identify opportunities to develop new customer relationships to grow the business.
  • Define and execute through the Marketing team the Marketing and Digital strategy to reach a high-quality audience through a variety of marketing channels that consistently achieves results while driving brand awareness.

The role will be office based with an expectation of significant travel to customers in the UK with some flexibility for home working.

Candidate's Profile

The successful candidate will be of graduate calibre and come from a consumer products background (homewares related or luxury goods). A proven track record in developing customer relationships and growing sales with large multiple retailers. In addition to a passion for selling you be commercially aware with strong negotiation abilities.

My client operates an open culture that promotes an environment for creative thinking and rewards results.

What's on offer

Basic salary £75,000- £85,000 + attractive package

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Ref Code: MPGC13842404Z

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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