National Sales Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- Scotland, Edinburgh
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 19 Jun 2018
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
The company is looking to recruit an experienced professional to head up its Sales and Marketing function.
Client Details
My Client is a clothing and footwear Business.
Description
- The ability to communicate and negotiate at board level
- A preparedness to travel throughout the Company's Sales Areas as and when required, either to visit Key Accounts or accompanying Area Sales Managers on customer visits
- Possession of good motivational and communication skills
- Disciplined financial control of margins and overheads
- Experience in forward selling
- An ability to work as part of a team, both departmentally and Company-wide
- The ability to work independently, using your own initiative
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to multi task
- Computer literate in all key Microsoft software
Profile
The Successful candidate will have the following attributes:
Must have managed field based teams in the past
Must have worked in the clothing or footwear Industry
Ideally worked in a B2B environment
Looked after a P&L
This role is based in Scotland and requires the candidate to live in Central Scotland
Job Offer
The Candidate will receive the following:
Basic Salary up to £60,000 DOE
Company Car
Bonus
Company Pension
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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