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National Sales Manager

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
North West
Salary
£65,000 + Bonus and Car
Closing date
30 May 2021

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National Sales Manager

North West

£65,000 + Bonus and Car

Do you want to be part of a business that has its sights set on being the brand leader within the UK? Do you want to be instrumental in this growth?

We are currently recruiting for a heritage brand that is well established in the UK as well as globally, you will be responsible for leading a field sales team of around 8 with the scope to double this in the coming years. You will support the Sales Director to ensure the brands achieves and maintains the position of the UK’s most preferred brand, by driving market share and sales through the retailers.

The company are dedicated to investment not only in the brand but in the people. You will be supported and invested in to grow and develop within the role, whilst also developing the team reporting into you.

You will come from a sales background, with experience managing a premium brand, ideally in the consumer goods space. You will have demonstrable examples of when you have driven a sales team to grow the portfolio value. You will also have demonstrable experience of growing and developing a team.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Sales Director to define the sales strategy ensuring the brand becomes the market leader in the category.
  • Lead, manage and develop a sales team to deliver the strategy to the retailers and in turn the customers.
  • Analysing team and sales performance against defined KPI’s.
  • Oversee implementation of ranges, displays and training in-store with the team.

Requirements

  • Premium brand experience
  • Demonstrable experience managing a sales team
  • Demonstrable experience growing and developing a high performing sales team
  • Started career with key account and grown through to being a sales manager

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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