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Commercial Director

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Gloucestershire, Gloucester
Salary
£55000 - £65000 per annum + Car Allowance + Benefits
Closing date
27 Jun 2018

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales, Supply Chain & Logistics

Job Details



The Commercial Director will be responsible for ensuring the organisation provides a first class service to its customers, suppliers and 3rd party providers. The successful candidate will play a key part in influencing the business' growth.

Client Details

Our client is a medium-sized business, and a leading Support Partner to the Events Industry, offering Bar and Catering solutions.

Description



The Commercial Director will:
  • Oversee the sales team in identifying new market opportunities, determining optimal pricing levels to balance profit with customer/client satisfaction, and directing the optimal pricing.
  • Deliver and increase the income generated from up-sell and cross-sell of services and products offered
  • Oversee the daily operation of the logistics business, ensuring the delivery of business and strategic goals, providing leadership throughout
  • Oversee the procurement strategy and implementation of best practice initiatives
  • Ensure customer retention remains high and deliver new business growth
  • Develop and be responsible for existing and future, high value and complex supplier contracts
  • Work with all key stakeholders
  • Be office based in Gloucester


Profile



The Commercial Director will:
  • Have experience of managing accounts and relationships for multiple clients
  • Have proven people leadership and development skills
  • Experience of presenting to clients at board level
  • Have a proven ability to analyse data and utilise it to improve effectiveness and efficiencies
  • Be able to demonstrate good planning, and time management skills
  • Have recent experience within the Food and Drink arena, ideally Chilled/Ambient/Frozen/Fresh
  • Ideally have proven experience of working with the Logistics and Warehousing industries
  • Be able to be office-based in Gloucester, and travel where necessary


Job Offer



Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Benefits

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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