Sales Director - Nordics & Benelux (Consumer Electronics)
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 15 Jun 2022
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a successful and driven commercial leader from the FMCG or CPG industry to join this consumer electronics client as their new Sales Director looking after the Benelux and Nordics regions, continuing to drive strong sales performance and drive brand presence and market share across the product portfolio.
Sales Director - Nordics & Benelux (Consumer Electronics)
Client Details
Market-leading consumer goods client
Sales Director - Nordics & Benelux (Consumer Electronics)
Description
The Sales Director - Nordics & Benelux (Consumer Electronics) will;
- Develop the assigned market in accordance with my clients' Sales & Marketing strategy
- Oversee the tactical sales, marketing and training plan in each channel across the assigned territories
- Motivate and manage the sales teams and key stakeholders to increase sales performance ensuring all KPIs are met and exceeded
- P&L management of the assigned regions, delivering operating profit to plan
- Commercial planning to appraise all sales related and growth opportunities & ROI
- Guarantee the correct and accurate reporting of sales results and forecasts to HQ
- Attending relevant trade shows and exhibitions for the business and all relevant conference and events
- Stay in top of market conditions, trends and challenges, opportunities to grow and expand and constant review of competitors in the relevant markets
Profile
The Sales Director - Nordics & Benelux (Consumer Electronics) will have;
- Strong experience in a similar role in the consumer electronics industry
- Ideally experience of working with Elkjop in the region
- European experience in the industry across the relevant regions; Nordics & Benelux
- Ideally degree educated or similar equivalent
- Proven track record of overachieving in sales results and performance, strong example of growth with major customers or distributors
- Strong ability to drive key relationships both internally and externally
- Goal-orientated, high achiever and string analytical and presentations skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills, ability to drive a strong sales culture
- Fluent in English with other language skills desirable
- be based either in England or the Benelux / Nordics region - flexible on this
Job Offer
£competitive salary + excellent bonus & 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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