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Area Sales Manager - Flooring

Cavendish Maine Recruitment
Posted 10 days ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS14 1DZ

Salary

£45,000 - £54,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • My client is seeking an experienced sales professional to strengthen their sales force in the North of England, specifically within the events and exhibition sector.
  • The role focuses on business development, requiring the candidate to identify, win, and develop new clients while managing a significant pipeline of sales prospects.
  • Candidates should possess proven experience in new business development and effective time management skills in a sales environment.
  • A salary of £45,000 plus bonuses and benefits is offered, along with the need for a clean UK driving license.
  • The ideal candidate should have strong communication and negotiation skills, be IT literate, and demonstrate a creative approach to problem-solving.

Job Description:

Due to planned growth my client is looking to strengthen its sales force with the key appointment of an individual to cover the North of England

Working in a fast moving events and exhibition environment, the role requires the ability to identify win and develop new clients on a consistent basis. A start up role beginning from scratch will challenge your business development and organisational skills.

You will be an experienced, enthusiastic sales professional with strong and proven background of developing new business in a competitive and fast moving business to business environment.

You will be confident in sourcing new leads and converting such into sales and further developing the new account as well as developing new customer relationships. You will have time management experience within a sales environment including effective planning of customer visits and presentations. The ability to win new business and further develop the potential is essential.

Whilst the candidate will have existing new business development experience, the company already has a significant pipeline of sales prospects, which the successful candidate will be expected to convert and build relationships with. You will be comfortable discussing all aspects pricing, product quality and delivery possibilities with clients and maintaining a flexible approach to tailor make solutions for individual clients.

About You:

  • A working knowledge of flooring and decorative products ideal but not essential
  • Proven experience of new business development within a sales environment
  • Good negotiating, influencing and communication skills
  • Creative in overcoming objections and problem solving
  • Confident in making presentations and producing written reports and maintaining a CRM database
  • Quality focused and commercially minded
  • Work on own initiative, is flexible, positive and confident
  • IT literate - proficient with Word, Excel, and ideally Vtiger
  • Possess a clean and valid UK Full driving licence

Ideally You Will Have The Following Skills:

  • Collaborative in approach, a team player, end goal focused, persistent, ability to work towards longer term objectives, strong verbal ability, able to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels, organised, self motivated, numerate and analytical, ability to work autonomously and in team environment.

Salary:

  • £45,000 + Bonus, Great Benefits, Car

Contact:

Russell Cripps

Reference: RC/41278N

Candidate care:

By responding to this advert you consent to Cavendish Maine processing the personal data included within this application.

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 48 hours of receiving your application.

Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies. If you do not want us to do this please call us to advise.

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.