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Business Development Director

Employer
Michael Page Sales Feed
Location
England, London
Salary
£80,000 - £95,000 per annum + Bonus
Closing date
26 Jul 2019

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Sector
Business Services
Responsibilities
Strategy, Business Development
Position/Level
Department Head
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English

Job Details

This position will be responsible for the management of the European sales team, and the development of the European sales strategy.

This position will drive the generation of sales growth over the short, medium, and long-term necessary to meet or exceed sales forecasts and path to value metrics.

Based from London but will require travel both nationally and internationally.

Client Details

Our client is a rapidly growing service led organization focused on the entertainment sector.

Description

The European Business Development Director will be a key part of a growing team EMEA management team. This position will be responsible for the management of the European sales team, oversight of all customers, identification of opportunities, development of the European sales strategy and evaluation of VIP sales opportunities across Europe.

This position will drive the generation of sales growth over the short, medium, and long-term necessary to meet or exceed sales forecasts and path to value metrics.

This position will be responsible to develop strategy, plan and adopt sales strategies to achieve maximum penetration consistent with the corporation's financial objectives and requirements to drive the company's tactical and strategic growth.

This person must be a consultative, innovative seller that can think outside the box and enhance the customer experience. This person must share similar values to Company and be a driver of that culture internally and externally.

Profile

The Business Development Director should have the following skillset:

  • Extensive Sales and Business Development Experience; a true hunter that has proven the ability to cultivate new business
  • Outstanding team management capabilities, able to motivate high performing teams
  • Able to establishes trust and credibility with customers
  • Ability to work closely with remote internal teams to harness maximum results
  • Aptitude and/or spatial design; this person must deal with theatres, stadiums, educational facilities, government buildings, any location that can use reclining chairs and how seats work
  • Experience of managing sales of a high value product or service - Annual revenue of up to $50M or above
  • Innovative spirit that thinks outside the box
  • Ability to multi-task and excellent follow through
  • Self-starter that can work independently
  • Professional sales process experience
  • Direct industry experience; successfully sold solutions to movie theatres
  • CRM experience

Personal Attributes:

  • Positive attitude (energetic), competitive spirit
  • Absolute Honesty/Integrity - Earns trust of clients and organization by providing meaningful insights and interactions, following through on actions promised. Takes ownership of mistakes and learns from them
  • Respectful - Understands that people come first, treats all associates well regardless of position on the org chart. Offers criticism without anger or frustration in private to help others grow, accepts criticism in the same manner
  • Takes Responsibility - Owns theirs and their team's results. Looks internally, first to themselves then to their team when numbers are not met for causes and areas to improve. Holds themselves and their team accountable to the numbers. Doesn't make excuses
  • Process oriented - Motivated by tracking and following process and quantitative measurements. Able to help their team relate success to those numbers and processes
  • Accountability - Sets goals for themselves. Comfortable discussing performance to those goals. Clearly sets expectations and holds the team to those expectations

Job Offer

Basic Salary up to £90,000 depending on experience plus Bonus

Company

If you work in Sales, you know that the best way to generate repeat business is to win your client’s trust. At Michael Page Sales, we subscribe wholeheartedly to this philosophy, offering you a one-on-one service that’s all about building a lasting, mutually beneficial relationship. Getting to know you - your background, your skills, what you want from your career – gives us the edge when it comes to finding you that perfect job in Sales.

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