Export Sales Manager (EU)
Maidstone
to £45k DOE + Car + OTE

My client is a successful manufacturing company providing an innovative range of products and solutions to UK & European customers. As experts in their field, my client has an excellent track record for developing solutions and creating a wealth of high performance products.

A superb opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and highly credible Export Sales Manager to join the Senior Management Team on the next stage of this successful journey.

Reporting to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will be expected to provide strategic sales direction for the achievement of profitable revenue generation for the Export business. A charismatic and energetic leader, you will motivate and manage sales within the European market to achieve short, medium and long term sales goals in line with the growth aspirations of the business.

Key accountabilities will include:-

* Delivering year on year sales growth in line with agreed budgets and strategy
* Maximising growth opportunities with existing customers
* Closely monitoring and driving the completion of new business projects
* Personally managing key strategic customer accounts to ensure retention of contracts
* Delivering business development plans which clearly identify and value new proposed markets
* Delivering strategic sales and marketing plans by territory and product grouping
* Developing internal systems to ensure that sales performance is constantly monitored, communicated and action based on developing information
* Producing a professional behavioural model of customer contact and service to achieve world class customer service

The successful individual will be experienced within a European sales environment and requires an individual with the passion and drive to make a difference in an evolving business. Whilst not essential those that have fluency in a second European language would be highly desirable

This is a significant position within the Company and the successful candidate will be expected to work closely with Senior Managers to ensure that there is commercial harmonisation, as well as providing commercial direction, advice and guidance

Huntress does not discriminate on the grounds of 'protected characteristics' as defined under the Equality Act and other relevant UK legislation.

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PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.