National Sales Manager / UK Sales Director

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Northampton
Salary
Up to 30% bonus, Executive Car, Pens
Posted
05 Jan 2017
Closes
20 Jan 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Fed up with 'strategy meetings`? Are you an ambitious & talented National Sales Manager seeking progression or an established UK Sales Director who prefers being in the field rather than stuck in an office? If you value autonomy, are a great team motivator and want to work with a recognised market leader, this could be the opportunity for you.

SALARY: GBP50,000 - GBP65,000 depending on experience

BENEFITS: Up to 30% bonus, Executive Car, Pension, Family Private Medical, 25 days holiday

LOCATION: Home based role so ideally you`ll be based in the Midlands, Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton, Milton Keynes,

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Coventry, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Peterborough, Cambridge, Bedford, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Luton, Corby, Huntingdon, Rugby, Coventry, Grantham

JOB SPECIFICATION: National Sales Manager / UK Sales Director

We are a multi-million pound, premium distributor of one of the widest ranges of high quality door and window furniture products to the OEM Timber, Aluminium and PVC trade. Our clients range from the UK`s largest door & window manufacturers to the many independent tradesman within the sector.

To continue our development plans we require a hands-on National Sales Manager who can plan, focus and manage the activity of the UK Field Sales Team.

Your main focus will be to support the team in the delivery of their financial and personal targets so you will be highly commercial with the presence and gravitas to win the respect of a diverse group of talented sales professionals.

YOU WILL:

* Spend 80% - 90% of your time in the field, working with your team.
* Coach and mentor the team to become solution focused sales professionals who can build high value accounts over the long-term.
* Plan develop and implement KPI`s for each person in your team, consistent with the overall business objectives.
* Target and approach strategically identified clients in new or existing markets.

REQUIREMENTS: National Sales Manager / UK Sales Director

We would be delighted to receive applications from experienced National Sales Managers or Sales Directors with a proven track record of improving team performance and morale while balancing commercial needs with individual needs.

Any knowledge of the door & window industry, would be of interest, but is not essential as the quality of the person is more important than specific background.

You MUST have demonstrable skills in team leadership (circa 6) and people development as well as be:

* Able to show previous ability to improve team performance
* A proven consultative, solutions oriented sales person
* A long-term relationship builder,
* Capable of closing six figure deals (with evidence to support your numbers).
* Willing to travel throughout the UK, spending a significant portion of your time with your team and be on the 'front line` selling.

You are likely to have current or recent experience of working within Distribution, Industrial Consumables, Capital Equipment, Component Sales or other solutions based sales.

PROSPECTS:

This is an exceptional opportunity to further your career and will suit either a highly talented National Sales Manager who is seeking a future move in to a Directorship within a short time or an experienced UK Sales Director wanting to keep their people management skills honed on the front-line.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services:

Roles: Sales Manager / Senior Sales Manager / Experienced Sales Manager / New Business Sales Manager / Business Development Manager / Field Sales Manager / Area Sales Manager / Territory Sales Manager / National Sales Manager / UK Sales Manager / Head of Sales / Sales Director / National Sales Director.

INTERESTED? Please apply to our retained consultant Lee Henning quoting National Sales Manager / UK Sales Director, reference LH1612-24 to DD: (0)(Apply online only) Wallace Hind Selection. The Old Vicarage. Duston. Northants. NN5 6JB. Tel: (0) (Apply online only). Please note that the postcodes used for this vacancy are for searching purposes only, they may not refer exactly to where the role is based