Group Sales & Marketing Director

Group Sales & Marketing Director

Part of aLeadership Board of Directors for a medium sized SME. Salary £95k to £110k, plus upto 12% management bonus, plus upto £10k leadership bonus, Company Car or Car Allowance. 25 days holiday plus UK bank holiday, rising to 27 days holiday after five years' service and Holiday Buying Scheme. Plus many more benefits available at interview stage.

The privately owned business is a success story, providing high quality engineered products and components to the Automotive, Aerospace, Industrial and Construction sectors in the UK and globally.

Reporting into the Group Managing Director, you will create and set the group's Sales and Marketing Strategy, following the company's stable and profitable growth DNA, in line with the current business plan. Your time will be split between the company Head Office in Oxfordshire and divisions in Buckinghamshire, Birmingham and North West Midlands.

Group Sales & Marketing Director Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage three divisions across multiple locationswith a team of approximately 30 employees and five direct reports
• Effectively manage and mentor your team, ensuring they remain motivated and able to carry out their jobs effectively and are trained and developed as necessary
• Control all sales, marketing and product management functions, setting targets and objectives
• Lead tight collaboration and communication with fellow Leadership Directors (Operations Director; Procurement and Engineering Director; and Finance and HR Director)
• Bring energy and motivation to the sales teams, ensuring the team work to the company values and the company remains easy to deal with
• Contribute in full to the current business plan, adding or amending where required
• Set annual sales budgets for each division
• Educate and support all divisions and the greater organisation to drive profitability through engaging and developing our partnerships in the UK, Europe and RoW
• Present business performance, outlook, risks/opportunities to the Leadership team and key stakeholders, taking appropriate actions
• Responsible for the growth of sales revenue for current customers, and securing and growing new customer sales revenues
• Responsible for the end-to-end process, ensuring good communication and agreement with other departments in the group
• Overall Responsibility for sales agents in export territories, developing and setting targets and objectives
• To have full responsibility of all marketing function (Trade & Digital)
• To set and agree any other budgets under their control
• Setting all relevant KPIs and have responsibility for the monthly reporting packs for all divisions
• To carry out any other duties, as agreed, that may be required

Group Sales & Marketing Director skills and experience required:

• Proven experience in a senior Sales Director level role, within similar sized organisations/similar levels of revenue
• Proven experience at a senior level selling physical products, demonstrating sales of large ranges of products
• Have an eye for commercial detail within a multi-currency trading organisation of products
• Be a strong and engaging people manager, with a track record of being able to lead, motivate and drive others
• Demonstrates a "hands on" approach with excellent communication and presentation skills at all levels
• Be a self-driven leader with excellent technical, analytical and strategic thinking skills, illustrating ownership and high standards at all times
• Be results driven with a track record of meeting and exceeding targets
• Be of a high standard in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Illustrate a high level of understanding of an ERP system and data analysis
• Must possess a current valid passport and driving licence.

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