Sales & Marketing Director

Sales & Marketing Director

Location: Leeds , West Yorkshire Salary: From 80,000 to 120,000 per annum bonus 40, 12,000 car allowance Date posted: 21/05/2012 11:00 Job type:Permanent Company: Solar Selection Contact: Sid Mansoor Ref: Totaljobs/sm-smd428 Job ID: 53652298

Our client, an innovator and leader in their chosen field, is currently in the market for an outstanding, passionate, driven and collaborative Sales & Marketing Director.

Designing and developing industry-leading delivery solutions for a blue- chip, customer base and dominant in the home delivery sector, our client is committed to innovation and continued growth as part of a pioneering and highly successful international group. With hugely impressive growth over recent times, the company wishes to appoint an accomplished and experienced sales and marketing professional who, through the management and motivation of a team across sales, account management, marketing and customer services, will ensure the retention of existing clients, continued growth and development of this strategically important business.

You will be responsible for creating and delivering B2C commercial strategy for your company and driving sales growth through both new and existing clients. In addition, you will play a fundamental role in maintaining effective client relationships, directing the marketing and customer services functions to create value-added solutions to clients and their customers.

Our Client has grown considerably in the past 12 months and expects a further 10-15 volume growth over the next year. It is an exciting place to be for those who enjoy a growing business. It is a business that has invested significantly in its people and infrastructure but has a lean philosophy.

Your specific responsibilities are to:

Maintain and develop long-term strategic relationships with clientsDevelop industry knowledge to be able to talk confidently to clients and other businesses across the sectorIdentify opportunities that allow our client to develop significant new and incremental business with suitable organisations Deliver profitable business for our client in line with their 3-year plan and strategic objectivesUnderstand business drivers and consumer demands for early contract renewals and extensionsTogether with your operations colleagues ensure a world-class service to existing clientsClosely manage client relationships ensuring the retention of our clients service whilst protecting and enhancing the margins

The personal attributes:

Demonstrate visionary leadership skills Lead and develop the team to take responsibility and ownership for their areas and empower them to provide ideas and solutionsDisplay drive, passion and confidence that will inspire those around youCollaboratively work with fellow Board Directors in the development and implementation of strategies and plansAct as an ambassador and role model for the business both internally i.e. within the international Group of companies and across the industry sector

This truly is an exciting yet challenging role. You will need to enjoy the work hard and play hard environment.

If you feel you have the skills, experience and gravitas required to excel in this position, please submit your CV for an immediate response. Please note that our client requires CV's before COB on Friday 25th May.

**Solar Selection is acting as an Employment Agency whilst undertaking the recruitment for this role**