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Sales Manager - Non Food

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Hampshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
22 May 2018

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

Job Details



Exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing wholesaler within the non food category. Working with market leading brands this opportunity enables you to develop your career with uncapped commission. Reporting to the Sales Manager I am looking for individuals to take the next step in their career!

Client Details

Through opening a new office, in Hampshire my client has gone from strength to strength with expected growth this year of 15%. This fast paced company, works with all key retailers nationwide as well as internationally! With a solid team and excellent work environment, the company facilitates development with clear evidence of staff developing through the organisation quickly.

With multiple offices across the South East, they are looking to grow their business with an exceptional sales team.

Description

The Account Manager- Non food will be based out of the new office in Hampshire and manage an existing portfolio of over 100 accounts. You will:

  • Increase sales within the current account portfolio and develop new accounts nationwide.


  • Be involved in the end to end management of the account


  • Negotiate margins and pricing with wholesalers


  • Work closely within wider teams in the organisation in the development of the account base


  • Making and developing contacts both over the phone and face to face with new business targets that lead to opening of new accounts with long term, profitable business prospects


  • Building relationships with buyers to understand their needs and identify opportunities for growing sales. Strong persuasive presentation skills


  • Managing and communicating sales forecasting for assigned accounts and new business


  • Communicating unexpected demand situations and working with colleagues to resolve


  • Understanding from colleagues any stock delay and constraint situations, and communicating to and managing with customers


Profile

The successful candidate will be:

  • Target driven, with previous FMCG experience
  • A strong relationship builder
  • Analytical
  • A strong communicate with confidence in negotiating pricing
  • Easy- going with a Strong personalty
  • Confident working independently and managing their own diary
  • Experienced in wholesale (desirable)
  • Commutable to the office in Hampshire on a daily basis
  • Flexible


Job Offer

The role offers excellent progression opportunities and an attractive salary + uncapped commission and Car allowance

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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