National Sales Manager
Halifax
National Sales Manager - managing a small team
Halifax
£45K - £55K plus bonus, car, laptop, mobile, private health, and life cover
Travel will be required in this role approx 60/%
Main Purpose of job :
Reporting to the Sales Director you will build and maintain a high performance sales team to effectively achieve business objectives. You will work in a partnership approach with the external and internal sales team and the Marketing team, all of whom you should have regular reviews working towards continuous improvement.
Key Areas of Responsibility :
Create and implement effective direct sales strategies and lead nationwide direct sales personnel toward achievement of corporate sales objectives.
Develop competencies and processes required to create an effective and efficient sales function
Provide leadership through effective communication of vision, active coaching and development
Provide sales management, budget control, compensation programs and incentive planning.
Ensure effective hiring, orientation, training, development and retention of sales team.
Provide supervision through field visits, observations and measurement of results to include 1-1 and performance appraisals.
Proactively identify changes within the industry, competitors etc and modify tactics accordingly.
Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual sales forecasts.
Manage to meet/exceed monthly, quarterly and annual sales forecasts.
Partner with the Sales Director and Corporate/Strategic Accounts in the development of key customer relationship management.
Negotiate trading agreements
Establish effective relationships and collaborations with other departments (Marketing, Finance, Internal Sales, Warehouse, etc.) to address key business issues and opportunities.
Attend sales meetings, customer seminars, and conferences Candidate profile
Experience and success in recruiting and retaining a high performance sales team and a demonstrated ability to lead and manage a diverse sales team.
Demonstrated ability to achieve sales plans.
Proven business analysis and judgment with the ability to proactively manage business and P&L to meet objectives.
Demonstrated ability to professionally develop and coach team members.
Exceptional negotiation skills.
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