North West & Scotland Area Sales Manager
Salary: Excellent
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North West & Scotland Area Sales Manager (ref:DS8438)
Location: Lancashire
Salary: Excellent
Date: 22 Jun
Job Type: Full-Time
Duration: Permanent
We are seeking an outstanding Sales Person for a UK market leader in the supply of plastic horticultural products to commercial growers. With the widest range of products in the sector the company sells via a network of distributors and directly to a number of key accounts.
The company is part of an international grouping of businesses with a sister trading company in Holland and nursery supplies in the USA.
The Role
- Responsible for sales in North West and Scotland the position presently reports to the Managing Director pending appointment of a National Sales Manager. Over recent years the business has yielded some market share, but following a £2million investment in the UK operation with a range of new and improved products the business is being regained, key to the role is to accelerate this process.
- The role requires a pro-active approach providing negotiated pricing and product knowledge to distributors, their customers and our direct accounts. Preparation of market reviews in the area, forecasting and input to annual budget.
- Involvement in product development with the rest of the Sales team and technical colleagues is an element of the job.
The Candidate
- Preference will be given to those with experience of sales in the Horticultural Industry; a knowledge of plastic products is not necessary, but an understanding of how a commercial nursery operates would be valuable.
- The candidate must already reside within the region and will be based from home.
- Computer literacy with Word, Excel is necessary to an average user level.
- A clean driving licence is necessary with some speeding convictions excepted.
Benefits
- An annual salary (paid monthly) of £25,000, more for outstanding candidate.
- Potential to earn 15% of salary in bonus, based mainly on individual performance to sales and margin targets.
- Company private pension plan
- Four times annual salary Death in Service insurance is provided.
- A company car is provided and fuel for business use, the incumbent reimburses private usage at an agreed rate.
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