Sales Director - Automotive - Midlands based
Salary £70,000 per annum + £10,000 Bonus, + Company Car & Excellent company benefits
Working Relationships:
The position reports to the UK Managing Director. The role will involve direct contact with Distributors and end-user customers and all members of the team including International colleagues.
The position has line responsibility for a 2 tier National team of 6 Technical Sales Engineers.
Duties:
- To work with the Managing Director to develop the agreed strategy.
- To implement the sales concept in a structured way commensurate with building and developing technical products
- Energising and developing Distributors
- To build relationships with major end users.
- To acquire and maintain a working knowledge of technical products.
- Working closely with the Marketing and Sales teams to devise and implement a powerful marketing package
- To share best practice with opposite numbers in other European markets
- To acquire appropriate product knowledge
- Developing and building excellence in the sales and support team
- UK Travel developing business with Distributors and End Users
Experience required:
- Educated to degree level / equivalent
- Proven success with route to market via Distributors - essential
- Proven success within Sales at Director/Regional or Management level
- Progressive work history in Sales
- Management experience
- Ability to develop strategy, Sales plans and profit targets
- Ability to lead and develop the Sales team
- Ability to develop/implement and lead strategic Marketing plans
- Ability to deliver a cohesive long-term growth plan
- Relationship builder
- Ability to elevate the visibility and profitability of the organisation
- Comfortable to deliver clear concepts for long term brand growth
- Comfortable with technical products
Salary up to c £70k plus £10k bonus
Car Allowance / Company Car
Excellent company benefits