Sales Director, Retail Planning

Project Sales Manager – Hospitality/Retail Operations Location: Home based with UK wide travel Salary: £50-60,000 + bonus + car/allowance + benefits To continue their impressive growth strategy they are now looking for a proactive and technically minded Project Sales Manager to grow national sales through a combination of field visits, telephone activity, and dealer engagement. The successful candidate will be a hands-on sales professional, someone who enjoys building relationships, developing new customers, and converting opportunities. To own plan and build strategies for developing the divisions independent sales growth To assist in the development of the overall sales plan with senior stakeholders To prepare forecasts and report KPIs, for use in organisational planning, financial forecasting, budget setting and strategic planning To provide full visibility into the sales pipeline at every stage of development whilst working collaboratively across teams To attend the customer meetings with the aim of building a detailed brief of customers’ commercial requirements To ensure all projects are entered onto the company’s management system, ensuring all information is accurate, and thereafter maintained throughout the project lifecycle To ensure all commercial terms offer medium to long term value for the company’s success To complete the transition project to Asset Management team, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction Proven experience in a product sales or business development role within hospitality, education, HORECA, healthcare, or a similar technical environment Proven track record of managing Key Accounts and contracts Knowledge of commercial catering equipment and operational design Exceptional customer relationship qualities. Comfortable travelling extensively across the UK, therefore, requiring a full UK driving license