UK Sales Director

An enviable opportunity to join this fast growing manufacturer, offering superb long term career prospects !

UK Sales Director £ Neg package + Exec Benefits + Car

This is an exciting and challenging Commercial Leadership role leading the UK & Ireland sales organization throughout the UK

Main responsibilities include: -

• Lead sales & marketing team operations and continue to increase volume and grow market share
• Create and manage forecasts of future sales achievement.
• Identify new target customers and channels and increase sales and market share within existing accounts.
• Make frequent client visits with  salespeople  to  help  close  business, monitor the salesperson's development (giving advice and guidance)  and  ensure  that business propositions  are  valuable  to  the customer as  well  as  ensuring  that  customer  satisfaction  remains  at  the  highest  level.
• Drive cash and control base cost
• Ensure that sales productivity is high by planning and allocating resources in an optimal way.
• Work closely with R&D / PM and Marketing teams to identify growth opportunities and manage timely execution.
• Set growth culture for the sales team as well as for customers.
• Lead team through mentorship, coaching, and shared vision…attract key talents
• Execute Strategic Business Imperatives demonstrating Growth Leadership traits

 
Qualifications/requirements:

• Proven track record in leading a large and dispersed commercial team.
• Ability to understand a new industry quickly while leveraging expertise of the National / Regional Sales Managers.
• Able to define vision & translate into Regional/Channel strategy aligning organization and resources
• Strong analytical skills combined with drive to implement processes and operating rhythm.
• Good understanding of Company growth traits and translate these into behaviours for a commercial organization.
• Ability to build strong customer relations and creative solutions to drive win-win, long term relationships.
• Good financial acumen.
• Excellent communication skills have strong impact on people at all levels
• Courage to defend ideas/strategies towards highest levels in the organization.
• Proven track record in driving profitable growth
• Energizing and engaging leader, able to inspire a diverse team to outperform and excel in a challenging market.
• Self-starting results oriented and multi-tasking. Executive presentation.

 

Desired Qualifications (Not essential)

Electrical Engineering qualification degree
Industry/Customer knowledge
MBA

A truly fantastic role for an ambitious commercial sales leader who wishes to join one of the fastest expanding Lighting / Electrical brands...!