Head of Sales - Home Furnishings

• Family owned, growing business
• Managing a team of Area Sales Managers nationally
• Market leader in the industry
• Opportunity to grow their sales function

Head of Sales - Home Furnishings

THE ROLE
As the Head of Sales, 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 window covering solutions sector. This is a national role with most of your time being spent managing seven Area Sales Managers who are field based across the UK. The role of Head of Sales also has responsibility for managing some head office relationships with a handful of high value retail accounts. Extensive travel with monthly travel to the head office in Ireland.

THE COMPANY
A modern and innovative brand, our client is a family owned business who manufacture and distribute a range of contemporary blinds. Multi-award winning, they have been recognised as one of Britain's most dynamic companies, taking pride in the design and engineering of their products. Operating across the UK and boasting a worldwide network, they now employ of 1000 people, with future plans to open a new warehouse!

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 Head of Sales 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
• Experience in managing key retail accounts

Benefits of this Head of Sales Position:

• £70,000 - £80,000 basic salary
• 10% - 15% bonus
• Company Car
• Laptop, mobile, pension, 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays

LOCATION
Midlands