Job Description

JRole: Sales Manager/BDM

Location: Surrey Area

Salary: Negotiable + Bonus + Company car/Allowance

Taskmaster are recruiting for a Sales Manager / Business Development manager, to join the team and play a pivotal role driving new business sales opportunities, managing existing sales accounts and managing sales activity within the cosmetics or packaging industry.

As a key member of the management team the successful candidate will deliver increased sales activity resulting in the achievement of company targets, and ensuring the company is in line with its year-on-year business growth plans.

This is a new group position with responsibilities that are over different areas of the business and will be based at the newly created 'South' office based near Newmarket. This location should be commutable.

Sales Management

To bring the sales team together with unified direction and management

This is expected to be approximately 25% of the role

Ensure CRM systems and sales processes are properly maintained and followed

Monitor team performance, provide coaching and support

Daily sales team management of action / visits / updates

Through discussion with the sales team putting together sales targets and ensuring sales team have a pipeline of progression to achieve budgets

Collaborate with marketing and production to align campaigns and offerings

Managing targets, sales budgets and communications including regular sales and forecasts reports for senior management.

Customer Management

This is expected to be approximately 25% of the role

The role is both to manage current customers and to establish relationship to foster growth, and look at further sales opportunity with these customers.

Communication with customers could be via visit, video conference call, or telephone

About You:

Sales driven with proven sales / business development track record working within cosmetics or packaging

The ideal candidate will be highly organised and comfortable working under pressure with the ability to prioritise workload as much will be working at distance from the rest of the business

An Enthusiastic and proactive nature

Share a positive, enthusiastic approach being flexible and highly resilient

Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Flexibility with UK travel to visit customers as and when required

Full Clean UK Drivers Licence

Benefits (to be discussed)

Bonus based on meeting New Business target for each part of the business

Quarterly and Annual bonus opportunity

Company car

Paid expenses for travel to customers / Chester and Burnley sites

Location

The main location of office work will be set as a small office shared with Group Director close to Newmarket

It is expected that 2 days a week will be worked from Newmarket office

It is expected that 1-2 days a week will be worked from home

It is expected 1-2 days a week will be with customer visits 'on the road' as required

Visits to Burnley and Chester manufacturing site will be required, which could be expected to be around 2 days per fortnight with overnight stay. Hotel and subsidence will be arranged / provided for visits to other sites

Hours of work

Ideally 5 days a week, with approximate 9am to 5pm over a 38 hour working week

Some flexibility with regards actual hours can be arranged

Potential to consider the role part-time or child friendly hours

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Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive per vacancy, we are unable to respond to every candidate personally and so if you have not heard back from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 40,000.00-48,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

Bonus scheme Commission pay Performance bonus Yearly bonus
Benefits:

Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person