Area Sales Representative
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, East Midlands
- Salary
- £27000 - £33000 per annum + car allowance
- Closing date
- 31 Jan 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with garment experience and knowledge to join a growing corporate clothing and workwear company as an Area Sales Manager.
Client Details
Established for 20 years, my client is a growing specialist within the corporate clothing and workwear industry. They focus on providing a range of garments and products to a distribution network across the UK & Europe.
Description
As the Area Sales Representative you will be responsible for representing a range of corporate clothing and workwear across a UK distribution network. You will have customer engagement through the distributors and the opportunity will include an element of product training, upselling, cross-selling and driving brand awareness.
My client is looking for someone who has garment knowledge and experience of working within the clothing industry, ideally in a sales related role; this could be within workwear, corporate wear, fashion or retail.
The Area Sales Representative is a very autonomous opportunity and you must be self driven and motivated to work remotely in the field.
In this home based role you will spend most of your time in the field with 1-2 nights away each week.
Profile
Key skills and experience required:
- Garment knowledge and experience is a must
- Experience in a sales related role within the clothing industry
- B2B sales experience isn't essential but will be beneficial
- Strong account management, relationship building and customer service skills
- A passionate and enthusiastic approach
- High communication skills both verbally and in writing
- Captivating presentation style with the ability to adapt to different stakeholders
- Self driven and motivated mind set
- Able to travel nationally and spend 1-2 nights away from home each week
- Full, clean UK driving license
Job Offer
- Basic Salary £27,000 to £33,000 (dependent on experience)
- Company car or car allowance
- Pension
- 21 days holiday + bank holidays
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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