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Area Sales Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
Scotland
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
18 Jul 2019

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

Job Details



My client are a global leading manufacturer

Client Details

My client are looking for an Area Sales Manager to join their team and be responsible for the development of profitable sales from both new and existing customers within a defined area geography



Description
  • Generate own leads and appointments that can be converted into tangible, measurable business opportunities.
  • Prospect for potential new clients and drive business through making calls and setting appropriate meetings on a weekly basis.
  • Build robust pipeline of opportunities, regionally and nationally.
  • Meet potential new clients by growing, maintaining, and leveraging your professional network and your prospect database.
  • Ability to maximise the sales and profit from customers by delivering sales against target.


  • Profile

    The successful candidate must have:
  • Have a minimum of 2 year's proven Field Sales experience
  • Ability to manage a territory within a defined geography
  • Be target driven and capable of working on their own initiative.
  • Willingness to adapt and work in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
  • Have a full clean driving licence
  • Sales experience working with Builders merchants, electrical wholesalers or tool specialists is advantageous




  • Job Offer

    The successful candidate will receive:
  • Salary paying up to £33,000
  • Generous bonus scheme
  • Clear progression plans
  • Company Car
  • Great platform to grow career


  • 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

    Join in the discussion in our LinkedIn group Michael Page Sales - UK

     

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