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International Sales Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England
Salary
£35000 - £40000 per annum
Closing date
16 Jul 2019

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



Working from home, you will build and maintain relationships with key accounts across Northern Europe for this well established sports supplements distribution business.

Client Details

My client supply attractive supplement products and sportswear from the USA, Canada and Europe, offering a wide range of products and an outstanding service level. They are convinced that their company will keep growing in the future and are developing the business every single day with a strong and smart team.



Description

They key responsibilities are:

  • In the trainee program you will get a systematic training into the job. In this context you will become familiar with all departments, contact persons and important sales processes.
  • You will get to know the customer base and get in touch with them by phone calls. After your six month-training into the job, you will take over the responsibility for a sales territory in Northern Europe (Benelux, UK, Scandinavia).
  • One week per month you will visit customers abroad. Therefore you plan your tour by yourself, analyse the customer needs on-site and establish long term customer relationships.
  • You will identify and acquire new customers independently and provide ideas for developing and implementing new sales strategies in cooperation with the sales director.
  • Subsequently you will be responsible for reaching sales targets, taking care of your customer base and developing them into key accounts.






Profile

The ideal candidate:

  • You have a degree in the field of economics, international business, sales management, foreign trade or a similar qualification
  • Good communication skills, flexibility, negotiation skills and the ability to assert oneself
  • Ideally someone interested in sport and sporting activity and have enthusiasm for sales
  • A passion for being the best and delivery the best service levels






Job Offer

Attractive basic salary

International travel

Bonus scheme

Expenses paid

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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