Head Of Sales

Head of Sales

Manchester

Permanent

On behalf of our client a leading fine chemicals company in Manchester, we are hiring for a Head of Sales. The company is one of the best known chemical companies in the UK and this is an opportunity to continue their success story.

What you’ll do:

The role will focus on leading the Business Development and Customer centric activities in the business. This will see you take responsibility for a multi-million sales budget, developing strategy and maximising sales growth to achieve targets.

• Devising and reviewing sales budgets, developing strategy to maximise sales growth and reach profit targets

• Development of the sales department. Recruitment of team members, and maintaining a motivated team with best departmental procedures and policies practices.

• Development of relationships with clients both existing and new, pro active business development and management of key accounts along with regular direct communication and site visits.

• Representation of the business at trade fairs and networking events

• Key project management, assisting the department where necessary in tasks such as order processing

• Ensuring the customer service team are provided excellent levels of service via daily delegation and weekly review

• Identification of new business development opportunities through spotting new and emerging markets, realising new products and service areas and identifying opportunities for expansion

• Providing performance, budget and KPI updates, reporting and presenting to C-level and Management

• Updates to sales forecasts and plans, monthly and quarterly reporting

• Initiating and developing plans with marketing to increase brand profile

The successful candidate will have:

• Science based degree and previous chemical sales experience

• High level of knowledge of products and services within the fine chemical industry. Multi-year experience of sales.

• Strategic thinking, organisational and time management skills. Experience of achieving results through team activities working under your leadership.

• Delegation and prioritisation skills

• Ability to convey encouragement and positivity to others, mitigate issues and spot any problems early

A competitive salary and comprehensive package is offered

On this occasion, LiCa Scientific is acting as an employment agency