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UK Sales Director

Employer
Ashwood Executive Search International
Location
London
Salary
£65,000 + £75,000 + 20% bonus + Car + Benefits
Closing date
29 Oct 2017

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
National Accounts, Sales

Job Details

UK Sales Director

London

Package : £65,000 - £75,000 + 20% bonus + Car allowance + Benefits

Unique, exciting opportunity to manage the UK Sales for this iconic category leading food brand who are experiencing rapid growth. They have a vibrant, fast paced environment and this will suit talented candidates with a strong entrepreneurial flair.

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be responsible for increasing sales within existing retailors and expanding business into new customers. This is a hands on role where you will also be liaising on a daily basis with their manufacturers and distributors.

You will have extensive proven experience in the Top4 mults in a senior role within the FMCG branded food sector. You must be an exceptional communicator with the ability to foster long term robust relationships with your buyers.You will also have a strong academic background.

This is not a typical Sales Director role.  As this is a small team you will be the sole member of the UK sales force, but will have the opportunity to grow and manage your own sales team. 

You will also be required to:

  • Oversee the strategy for the growth of the UK business
  • Keep abreast of stock levels including finished product, ingredients and packaging and report all month end stock values to FD
  • Oversee delivery of orders
  • Take responsibility for your P&L – new products to be accurately costed and margins calculated
  • Prepare the annual budgets and forecasting within a cross functional team
  • Agree, develop and manage JBP’s with major multi-nationals
  • Present to the Board

If this exciting role is of interest to you please send your CV to Ashwood Associates

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.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 1344 206262
Location
Index House
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7ET
GB

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