Regional Sales Manager

COREcruitment; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foodservice equipment business is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to manage an existing client portfolio and drive new business across Ireland. The ideal candidate should have sales experience in the foodservice equipment sector or FMCG, strong communication skills, and be prepared to travel. This role offers exciting career progression opportunities within a growing company.

Qualifications

• Previous sales experience in foodservice equipment preferred.
• Strong understanding of hospitality and foodservice sector.
• MUST be prepared to travel when required with overnight stays.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop multi-functional relationships in account portfolio.
• Understand customer business strategies and develop growth plans.
• Support team in defining budgets, targets, and strategies.
• Gain opportunities with new key accounts to grow sales.
• Monitor market trends and customer insights.
• Attend exhibitions to promote brands.
• Report on sales activity and new opportunities.

Skills

Sales experience in foodservice equipment

Strong network

Communication skills

Ability to work independently and in a team

Hunter approach to driving growth

Job description

Regional Sales Manager – Leading Foodservice Equipment Business – Ireland - £50K + Benefits

My client is a leading player in the Foodservice Equipment industry who have a fantastic reputation and an extremely exciting future.They are looking for talented individuals to join them on their next chapter.

They are currently looking for Regional Sales Manager to join their team to cover Ireland.The successful Regional Sales Manager will be responsible for managing an existing portfolio of clients, where you will develop relationships and actively grow these accounts to introduce new brands.This role will also have a focus on winning new business, so the successful Regional Sales Manager must be highly driven, energetic and resilient who enjoys the thrill of winning new clients.

This is the perfect opportunity for an energetic, talented and highly driven Regional Sales Manager to join an exciting business who can match their career ambition and offer genuine progression opportunities.

This role will cover all 32 counties of Ireland and candidates must be willing to travel.

Responsibilities include:

• Build and develop multi-functional relationships at all levels in account portfolio.
• Understand customer business strategies and develop successful growth plans aligned with these.
• Support team in defining budgets, targets and strategies.
• Gain opportunities to work with new key accounts to grow sales.
• Monitor market trends, customer insights and competition.
• Attend exhibitions and industry events to promote brands.
• Report on sales activity and new opportunities.

The Ideal Regional Sales Manager Candidate:

• Ideally have previous sales experience within the foodservice equipment industry and a strong network to match.
• They will also consider candidates from other FMCG sales backgrounds but must have strong “hunter” approach to driving growth and winning new business.
• Strong understanding of the hospitality and foodservice sector.
• Ambitious, personable with a positive hands-on approach to work.
• Strong communication skills and able to work both independently and part of a team.
• MUST be prepared to travel when required with overnight stays.

If you are keen to discuss the details further, please apply today or send your cv to Mikey at COREcruitment dot com / [e-mail]