Export Sales Manager – Premium Food – Europe

Export Sales Manager – Premium Food – Europe

Ref: JO-2010-108333 | £33000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits | Location:Oxfordshire, England | Added:19/03/21

Quest Search & Selection are proud to be partnering with this UK premium food, gift and kitchenware retailer. With on-going success for their UK, international and third-party marketplaces they are looking for a Business Development focused Manager to develop wholesale, travel, direct to consumer and distribution channels within Retail in Europe.

Post pandemic this role will be a mix of home-base and the head office in Oxfordshire & central London and some travel to Europe.

Your roles and responsible of this Sales Manager – Premium Retail & Wholesale will include –

• To grow the B2B European sales and revenue across the different verticals
• This is a 70+ % hunter/new business development role to gain new business relationships with Wholesalers, Distributors & DTC and must have experience with developing retail relationships using these channels.
• Onboarding these accounts and being the point of contact initially to drive the commerciality and sales growth of the channels.
• Identify and monitor the competition by gathering current market information on pricing & product
  Take a lead role in the development of proposals and presentations for new business
• Generate new qualified leads, contact decision-makers and screen potential businesses that are the right quality of business to partner with.
• Represent the company externally at networking events, conferences, and exhibitions to optimise all business development opportunities.
• Manage allocations and stock availability in conjunction with the Head of Merchandising/Supply Chain.

The ideal candidate for this Sales Manager – Premium Retail & Wholesale position –

• You must have Business Development, Sales, Account or Wholesale Management experience.
• The candidate ideally has come from a similar environment within premium Food.
• You must have contacts and have worked in the European (ideally western or northern Europe) space to develop and forge new business relationships
• You must have contacts with European distributors and wholesalers.
• Proven credentials of seeking and generating new business
• Have experience in the B2B space
• If you have any language skills this is advantageous but not essential
• Enjoy working towards sales, customer service and retention targets

Benefits of this Sales Manager – Premium Retail & Wholesale role –

• Flexible working conditions
• Bonus this could be up to 50% of your salary
• Holidays
• Pension
• New role to grow!
• travel (once restrictions are lifted)

This is a unique opportunity for an established brand across retail and digital in the UK. You will join a progressive company with like-minded ambitious people where there is lots of autonomy, less red tap & more opportunity to make a different to the profitability and commerciality of a business. if this sounds like you please send your cv today quoting the reference JO-2010-108333/A.

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.