National Sales Manager- Paper Tableware

• UK manufacturer, growing by acquisition, privately owned
• Managing a team of Regional Account Managers nationally
• Market leader in the industry
• Opportunity to grow their sales function

National Sales Manager - Paper Tableware

THE ROLE
As the National Sales Manager, your role will be to drive sales by coaching, developing, and leading the sales team to achieve business objectives. This well-established manufacturer is one of the market leaders in the paper manufacturing sector. This is a national role with most of your time being spent managing five Regional Account Managers who are field based across the UK. The role of National Sales Manager also has responsibility for managing some head office relationships with a handful of high value distributors. Extensive travel with regular visits to the South East is required.

THE COMPANY
Established over 100 years ago with a turnover in excess of £60 million and growing year on year, this manufacturer provide high quality products and offer bespoke design services to their customers. They are a market leading organisation and have excellent career progression opportunities. Due to a recent restructure, an opportunity has arisen for a leader to come in to drive turnover, profitability and growth amongst catering distributors.

YOUR CAREER
This organisation is looking for someone who is looking to be part of a long-term growth plan and jump straight into their leadership team. You will have autonomy to grow the division, discover new markets, and bring in talent as the business develops.

For this National Sales Manager role, we are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Strong track record of people management within B2B field sales
• Excellent negotiator, P&L experience and margin driven
• Sold to catering distributors
• Have worked within industries such as food, chemicals and hygiene

Benefits of this National Sales Manager Position:

• £60,000 - £70,000 basic salary
• 10% - 15% bonus
• Car allowance or company car
• Laptop, mobile, pension, healthcare, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

LOCATION
M1 Corridor - Leicester, Nottingham, Coventry, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Oxford

Must have access to the major motorway networks