Head of Sales - Health Food
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £75000 - £90000 per annum
- Closing date
- 30 Sep 2020
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
This is a very autonomous role where you will have an track record with launching new product within the grocery channel. My client are successful in 12 countries already, and they are now ready to launch in the UK.
Client Details
My client provide healthy, plant based alternatives to meat. All of their products look and taste like meat but without the environmental and health implications.
Description
They key responsibilities are:
- Responsible for managing key accounts, maintaining a strong and long-term relationship with accounts and maximising sales opportunities within them
- Ability to demonstrate consistently meeting and over achieving KPI's and targets whilst maintaining professional business acumen
- Ability to build and manage a small dedicated team within Central London for supporting the strong growth in the UK
- Acquire a thorough understanding of key customer needs and requirements
- Define sales strategy and targets and necessary measures to secure their fulfilment
- Prepare regular reports and presentations of progress, measures and forecasts
Profile
The successful candidate will have:
- Proven track record as a a senior sales / commercial leader
- Experience within FMCG, ideally food / drink and within the grocery channel
- Self-motivated and experienced professional with a hands-on personality
- The understanding that you will be responsible for developing new business
- Entrepreneurial character with strong organisational and communication skills
Job Offer
Excellent package and benefits
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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