Export Sales Manager- Personal Care
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Surrey
- Salary
- £38000 - £45000 per annum
- Closing date
- 20 Apr 2018
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Brand new role within the international team of a multi- billion pound health and beauty business. The fastest growing team in the company, the role involves exporting market leading brands throughout the EMEA and beyond!
Client Details
My Client has experienced year on year growth for the past few years and continue to take the market by storm. A meritocratic environment, there has been a great deal of vertical movement within the business as of late and they continue to grow and develop as an organisation.
Description
Export Sales Manager- Personal Care will sit in a team which grew by 50% last year covering an array of products within health and beauty. Reporting to the International Director, you will sit in a well established team in identifying new opportunities on the global market.
You will be responsible for:
- Managing an existing portfolio of 10-20 customers across the EMEA and Australasia
- Identify new opportunities with both retailers and distributors globally
- Negotiate terms and conditions to secure new partners within regions
- Execute plans to ensure sales targets are met
- Manage and control the sales and spend budget
- NPD initiatives
Profile
The Export Sales Manager- Personal Care will:
- Have previous experience within an export role within FMCG
- Have an understanding of Grocer, Discounter or Drugstore channels
- Be driven with the ability to act autonomously
- Have first class communication skills
- Be a strong negotiator
- Be innovative and not afraid to challenge the norm
- Be commercially astute
- Be commutable to the office on a daily basis
- Ideally be bilingual with a European language, but not a necessity
- Be Flexible, with the requirement to travel multiple times each year
Job Offer
The role offers an attractive salary plus first class progression opportunities & Travel
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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