Sales Director - Packaging & FMCG, Board-Level Growth

Overview

Salary: £Outstanding Basic + Company Car + Results Driven Bonus

This position has now been filled, but the vacancy description remains on the website for similar opportunities. We also have confidential vacancies; it may be in your interest to email your CV (Word format) to the appropriate contacts depending on sector.

• Head of Packaging recruitment - Greg Nelson -
• Head of Print recruitment - Neil Pearson -
• Head Paper recruitment - Gary Young -
• Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector (e.g., packaging categories such as cartons, or print management). If there is a live vacancy that matches your skill set and experience, they will contact you or reach out when a good match becomes available.

The Role

The Role:

This role is suited to a highly motivated individual who is confident in both sales and managing a sales team. The successful candidate should be dynamic and ambitious, with a background in working with or for large FMCG brands and familiarity with printed packaging.

Reporting to the Managing Director and serving as a board member, you will be primarily responsible for developing and implementing the sales strategy. Responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement the sales strategy
• As a minimum, achieve the sales budget
• Present monthly performance of the sales team at the board meeting
• Support the sales team where applicable
• Work closely with the business to meet company objectives
• Travel to meet customers (including European travel)
• Demonstrate enthusiasm and drive, with a willingness to lead from the front
• Be a team player who is positive, friendly, approachable, flexible and hard working
• Show qualities of being proactive, entrepreneurial and innovative
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Adept at building strong, long-term relationships
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Preferred previous experience in print packaging
• Ideally possess knowledge of FMCG and Brands and familiarity with the client's product portfolio
• PC literate - Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Full driving licence

This packaging company is continuing to grow at an exciting pace and is looking for a motivated individual to take the business forward. Do you have the ideal skill-set for this role and want to join a dynamic company that values its employees?

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Being the largest recruitment company in print, packaging and paper, we receive new vacancies daily. The software we use to "skill match" can read a Word document but not a PDF. You will be considered for more positions if your CV is in Word format.

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