Sales Manager

My client who has been supplying bakeries, patisseries, cake makers and everyone who loves to bake with bakery ingredients for close to a century is seeking a Sales Manager. A full time role, £50,000 per annum plus car allowance and bonus in Lewes, East Sussex.

The role will report into the newly appointed Managing Director who is super ambitious and is focussed on achieving great things. As Sales Manager your role will be to organise, coach and lead a team of Business Development Managers (field based) and Telesales (office based) to work towards agreed targets and deliver the company strategy plans within the Southern region.

The business loves technology and believe it should do all the ‘heavy-lifting’ for you, leaving you time to do what you do best, leading a successful sales team.

Sales Manager Responsibilities include:

• Achieving growth and hitting sales and profit targets by successfully managing sales teams.
• Assessing the sales teams’ strengths & development areas, improving performance through coaching and regular meetings, 121’s and annual appraisals.
• Motivation, retention, and recruitment of a ‘premiership’ sales team.
• Establishing professional and productive relationships with key personnel within the business and key customers.
• Building and promoting healthy, long lasting customer relationships by partnering with them.
• Developing and implementing new sales initiatives, strategies, and programmes to Win new customer, grow existing customers share of wallet and retain regular orders.
• Providing regular reports of sales success and communicating the ‘voice of the customer’ data to senior leadership.
• Ensuring efficient and effective usage and adherence to company ‘tools,’ processes and policy.
• Consulting with the supply chain teams to ensure efficient stock rotation and promoting sales initiatives to achieve maximum efficiencies.

Sales Manager Requirements include:

• Ability to communicate, inspire and motivate
• Proven ability to drive the sales process from plan to close
• Excellent mentoring, coaching and good people management skills
• Excellent time management skills to maximise ability to reach goals
• Ability to identify, recruit and hire a talented sales team.

• Experience in planning and implementing sales strategies.
• Experience in customer relationship management.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and numerical skills.
• Dedication to providing great customer service.

What is on Offer:

£50k + £5k car allowance + bonus