Sales Director in Greater Manchester

Job Title: Sales Director

Location: North West

Salary: up to £75,000 basic salary plus bonus & benefits package

Role: Permanent

Our client is seeking an experienced, dynamic and entrepreneurial Sales Director to devise, develop and implement business and client development strategy. This business is fast becoming a market leader and has impressive history of growth, with big plans for the future. Their success is driven by a culture of collaboration, where the team are actively encouraged to share ideas, take ownership and be active in the development of new and existing revenue streams. We’re looking for a hands-on Sales Director to with a proven track record of optimising business revenue by leading through example. As a devising strategy for the overall sales process and being active in the implementation of the business development strategy. As a key part of the Senior Leadership Team you will have opportunity to be part of strategic direction and long term growth plans of this enterprising and progressive business.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to join a business achieving huge year-on-year growth and build a strong team that is synonymous with success… This could be the opportunity for you.

Ideal Candidate:

• Currently a Sales Director or Head of Sales looking for a step up, with demonstrable experience implementing strategic business development planning
• Commercially astute with proven a track record of building, developing and managing a successful sales team
• A creative thinker with strong conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• A forward-thinking leader with exceptional new business and existing client development skills with is able to lead by example
• Excellent work planning and organisation skills with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and work to tight deadlines
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Experience within environmental services, construction, building materials or a similar sector

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the sales strategy within the company
• Management of end-to-end sales process, alongside the Senior Leadership team
• New Business development, client development and account management strategy
• Forecasting, growth planning and ensuring sales/revenue targets and other KPI’s are met
• Attend prospect meetings and client review meetings, represent the business at events, industry conferences, networking events and other external meetings
• Recruiting, training and managing key hires
• Contribute to driving a culture of continuous improvement across the business

The company:

Well established but with the energy of a start-up our client is in a new phase of growth so this is fantastic time to join them in this Sales Director role and be instrumental in the next steps of the company journey. Having doubled its sales in the last two years this is a huge opportunity to work in a company experiencing phenomenal growth with all the tools and drive needed to achieve unprecedented long term expansion.

Commutable Locations : Manchester, Warrington, Liverpool, Bolton, Blackburn, Salford, Preston

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