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Head of Sales - Bicester, United Kingdom - Cavendish Maine Recruitment

Cavendish Maine Recruitment

Verified Company

Bicester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Head of Sales

Location:
Hybrid. Birmingham and home office

Job Sector:
Consumer goods. Lifestyle brand. DIY & garden

Job Type:
Perm

Salary:
£negotiable

Job Reference:
NH/86219
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A market leading manufacturer, established over 100 years:

Strong brand identity, high quality range:

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Excellent IT and marketing support:

Family owned, passionate business

You will be tasked with achieving the company's growth plan through all customer channels (UK retail trade, ecommerce, international distributors).

This broad sales, marketing and leadership role will include the internal management of a small office-basedteam and the external management of a marketing and a website consultancy.

Key responsibilities will include:

Build, agree and deliver a sales strategy encompassing UK and International markets
Identify relevant distribution gaps and opportunities
Delegate and communicate internally
Work closely with colleagues in operations, purchasing, finance and customer service
Update the CRM with details of all customer contact
Use market knowledge to support new product development
Attend UK and International trade shows

About the Company:

You will be working for a family-owned, long established, British manufacturing business that strives to produce the world's best product in their category, with strong brand identity.

After a period of investment in production, IT and marketing the businessis poised for sales growth in all channels.

Head of Sales profile:

In a senior role within this small, committed, family-owned business we seek a special individual whose focus is their results over their job title; sees the long term opportunity over the short term benefits and really wants to engage with every singleperson in the business.

Specific requirements:

Able to demonstrate a track record of targetbeating sales performance
Experience of selling a brand with a clear understanding of USPs, brand equity and channel management
Previous success selling to key customers in retail, ecommerce or through international distributors
Highly IT literate and used to making dataled decisions
Committed to using the CRM to support sales reporting and forecasting
Excellent presentation, communication and customer relationship skills
Able to grow sales, while building relationships
Act with professionalism and commitment

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