Sales Director | Aldershot| Smurfit Kappa Beacon

Sales Director - Beacon

DepartmentSales
CityAldershot
RegionSouth
Closing date2022-06-24T00:00:00

We are looking to appoint a Sales Director to drive forward, improve and manage all commercial aspects of the Beacon business. Reporting to the General Manager, the successful candidate will be a member of the senior management team and will play a key role in the setting and achieving of sale objectives, setting clear objectives and strategies for, and support to, individual and collective targets.

 

The main responsibilities will include:

  • Member of the Senior Management Team
  • Grow & maintain excellent customer relationships and ensure that that a healthy sales pipeline is in place. Understand the need and deliver sales that fulfil the overall business needs in terms of profit, capabilities and balance, sustainability and value creation. Ensure robust procedures are in place and adhered to
  • Managing and directing the sales activities of the business; external sales, commercial, internal sales and design
  • Develop and implement the overall sales strategy and work with sales managers to build account plans for all major accounts
  • Develop, present and achieve the annual sales volume budget
  • Help support and develop investment plans with a clear vision for future growth & positioning in key market sectors
  • Building strong and active marketing plan fully utilising local and national resource to develop and support new business
  • Work closely & build intercompany relationships with other businesses in the group to work on joint opportunities and engage in best practices & successes
     

Skills/Knowledge & Experience:

  • Effective communicator
  • Proven ability to develop and deliver a vision and strategy
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Analytically minded and confident with complex data and ambiguity
  • Excellent leadership and  management skills with experience in managing sales, people, budget and target achievement
  • Proven direct selling skills, and have a good working knowledge of Company finance
  • Can be “tough-minded” when required and carries sufficient credibility and gravitas when dealing with business 
  • Can bridge the gap between customer demands and plant capabilities
  • Must be a confident decision maker and innovative
     

 

If you feel that you have the necessary personal and technical skills and more importantly the drive and determination, we would like to hear from you. Please follow the link below, click the Apply Now button and follow the on-line application process.