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Senior Commercial Executive - Bicycles

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, London
Salary
£40000 - £45000 per annum
Closing date
28 Mar 2019

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

Job Details



My client are looking to add a Senior Commercial Executive - Bicycles to their market leading bicycle manufacturing business

Client Details

Based in London, my client are a leading manufacturer of bicycles selling their products to retailers and consumers across the world.

Description

The E-bike Senior Commercial Executive - Bicycles is instrumental in the implementation of my client's 5 year strategy. In the next 24 months my client will focus on the launch of their new Electric e-bike in their priority markets in Europe, North America and Asia.

The successful candidate will be involved in their international launch planning and includes chairing and participating in internal meetings with marketing, sales, service and operations to follow up on commercial activities and projects to execute the plans. The majority of the time will be spent at my client's London factory and headquarter with limited requirement for global travel.



Main duties

Project Management:
  • Chair weekly commercial meeting with stakeholders from Marketing, Sales and Customer Service to update them on the status and follow up on commercial activities and projects.
  • Implement and follow up on key outputs from market feedback, internal requirements and product developments to meet commercial targets and KPIs. Report on progress to Electric Commercial Managers and company Directors.
  • Review weekly sales vs plan and report deviations to Commercial Manager and Operations.
  • Analyse and review performance indicators weekly and monthly alongside global strategy. Including Consumer Survey results, sales, production volumes and order intake.
  • Suggest and implement process improvements


Daily operations:
  • Consolidate rolling forecasts from the global territories to plan production
  • Administer different EU recycling schemes (reporting volumes on a quarterly basis)
  • Onboard new Electric dealers in the B2B and consumer facing portals.
  • Assist in weekly operations meetings to inform the stakeholders (inlc. Production, Supply Chain and Customer Service) on the commercial situation and report back to the commercial departments on relevant operations topics.
  • Initiate trade communications content and follow up with marketing. Ensure key commercial and marketing information is aligned along different sites, platforms and documents to all relevant markets.


External:
  • Develop market understanding through visits to and feedback from dealers, trade shows and industry press.


Profile

The ideal Senior Commercial Executive - Bicyles will be structured, organised and specialist/technical/administrative by nature, able to provide high level of both internal or external customer satisfaction. The job calls for someone who is systematic and has the ability to concentrate on things within their area of knowledge, experience and education. As the work may involve gathering facts or performing specialist assignments, the successful candidate will be consistent in the way a task is tackled, and able to create sound practical procedures which incorporate checks for accuracy and ensure that tasks are completed satisfactorily.

Skills
  • Confident in Excel (incl. Pivot tables)
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Must be persistent and able to challenge positively
  • Entrepreneurial and problem solving attitude
  • Eye for both the bigger picture and details
  • Strong analytical skills


Experience
  • Project management, without direct authority, of complex processes or developments
  • Analysis of large data-sets including MS Office competences
  • Chairing meetings, following up with key stakeholders to hit deadlines
  • Development and introduction of processes
  • Experience of the EU electric bike, bicycle, consumer electronics or FMCG market is preferred but not essential




Job Offer

The successful Senior Commercial Executive - Bicycles:

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum basic salary

Excellent benefits scheme

To commute to London on a daily basis

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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