Sales Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway
- Salary
- £40000 - £45000 per annum
- Closing date
- 19 Oct 2021
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
My client are very excited to welcome the right Sales Manager into the team to lead and deliver our company's sales objectives in the key UK market and select export markets. Are you truly passionate doing what you love doing - building brands, launching new innovative products with real brand credentials that have gained significant traction?
Client Details
A very exciting organisation focussed on regenerating Scotland's lost Whisky Heritage.
Description
As follows:-
- Develop and implement effective sales plans to deliver UK and export sales targets.
- Negotiate and close agreements with key accounts and independent retailers with an emphasis on achieving new listings for our brands.
- Manage existing accounts in the e-commerce and export regions
- Deliver new business development opportunities across all UK sales channels.
- Successfully activate new product launches to the UK trade.
- Implement product pricing in the UK market to ensure alignment with corporate requirements and brand positioning.
- Monitor and analyse performance metrics and suggest improvements.
- Prepare monthly sales reports.
- Submit forecasts and projections of future plans and performance
- Actively engage on a strategic level with the founder and management team of the business on new opportunities and areas of interest.
Profile
Do you have an entrepreneurial mind-set? Are you truly passionate doing what you love doing - building brands, launching new innovative products with real brand credentials that have gained significant traction? Can you think strategically and translate that into accelerating customer and consumer reach that delivers strong value and profitable growth?
Your leadership, tenacity and agility will be key success factors in this role, as will be your ability to see the possibility and act with purpose and flair. You should have a real love for what you do that truly makes a difference and builds my clients business and brands. You will be single minded in leading your business, finding the right distribution and activation opportunities to cut through and create momentum, unlocking new opportunities and always keeping the customer journey and experience at the heart of decision making.
- A minimum of 4 years sales/commercial experience within the drinks industry with an emphasis on building brands.
- A strong ability to forecast accurately and deliver constant value and attention to detail with an eye on the P&L.
- A self-starter with a high level of energy and enthusiasm.
- Highly developed negotiation and account management skills
- Superb communication skills and an ability to forge relationships
- A passion for the drinks industry, brand building
- Entrepreneurship and an eye for new opportunities.
- Some experience within an e-commerce environment would be an additional advantage.
- Full driving licence
- Second language preferred
Job Offer
Competitive
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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