Commercial Director
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, West Midlands
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 1 Sep 2017
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Retail Management, Sales
Job Details
The chance to drive innovation, business development and the UK team as a Commercial Director for a leading UK & Global business.
Client Details
My client have grown from a humble regional operation across the West Midlands to become a global business & market leader working with some of the largest companies in the World. They offer unrivalled IT solutions to the retail sector and are looking to add to their senior leadership team to manage and target new market ventures.
Description
The role as Commercial Director will be tasked with the following roles & responsibilities;
- To design and shape the commercial and sales strategy for business growth
- To review, research and develop new revenue streams
- Review & analyse market potential to maximise business opportunities
- Be a key focal point on driving Innovation and development of alternative service products
- Offer support for existing customers and expand the customer base, ensuring a continuously high level of service and satisfaction
- Constant optimisation and coordination of processes and organisational procedures
- Strengthening the organisation with respect to customer acquisition and customer care
- Planning and monitoring of budgets and the definition and monitoring of relevant indicators, dependant on business objectives
- Continual and effective leadership of employees including offering career development opportunities
Profile
As a successful Commercial Director, we are looking for the following;
- Previous experience in the FMCG, space planning, consumer research or retail software
- Extensive experience as a Commercial / Sales leader
- Extensive experience of account and / or management
- Proven experience in managing high-profile customer relationships
- Experience of planning, managing and evaluating sales and margin performance
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and influence in a variety of methods with a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- A logical, methodical, analytical thinker with the ability to identify risk and develop short, mid and long term solutions
- Previous experience in people management
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to organise own workload with the ability to identify goals and priorities
Job Offer
Competitive Salary Package
Progression & Bonus Opportunities
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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