Sales Director

Glen Callum Associates Ltd; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car

Pension

Job summary

Glen Callum Associates is seeking a smart, ambitious Sales Director to own and accelerate revenue across crash repair and aftermarket distributor channels. You will lead a dedicated field sales team with autonomy to drive growth in strategically important markets.

The ideal candidate has senior sales management experience in automotive aftermarket and a track record of meeting targets, with the ability to mentor teams and manage distributor networks across the Bodyshop/refinish space.

Qualifications

• Senior sales management experience in automotive aftermarket or related industries.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
• Ability to lead and mentor a field sales team.
• Willingness to operate across crash repair, bodyshop, and aftermarket channels.

Responsibilities

• Lead a field sales team to accelerate revenue.
• Develop and execute sales strategy for crash repair distributor networks.
• Build strong relationships with distributors and customers.
• Manage key accounts and drive market expansion.

Skills

Sales management

Automotive aftermarket

Distributor networks

People leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Degree level

Job description

Sales Director - Bodyshop - Aftermarket - Crash Repair

Owning the crash repair distributor channel:

We are seeking a smart thinking up and coming ambitious Sales Director / Senior Sales Leader, capable of accelerating sales performance, through a dedicated Field Sales team. This role is working for a hi-tec manufacturing organisation. Their world is totally focused in supplying high performing tools & equipment through the crash repair / bodyshop refinish channels and wider aftermarket and industrial distributor channels.

What's your dream job?

We're on the hunt for a special individual, fuelled with a burning ambition to make their mark. This opportunity offers the chance to steer one of the company's key markets / channels where they hold number 1 status. You will thrive on the autonomy to make things happen and see sales accelerate based on the efforts of you and your team. If you are looking for a career with an employer where you can push the boundaries this is it.

Ideal Location - (Central)

Salary Guide (Circa £85k +) + Bonus + Car + Pension

Is this Sales Director role for you?

Our ideal candidate will need to be a capable, intelligent Senior Sales / Sales Management professional, adopting a customer and people centric outlook, inquisitive with a confident, flexible approach towards operating across re-finish and crash repair distributor networks. Whilst industry experience covering the Crash Repair, Car Body Repair and Automotive Aftermarket fields will be interesting, we pay more attention to your Sales Management prowess along with your capability to flex across different sectors.

Top 8 Key skills as a Sales Director:

• Knowledge and experience of working in a senior field based Sales Management capacity or highly sales driven environment will be paramount, ideally within Automotive Aftermarket, Tools & Consumables or an organisation serving a distribution to trade space.
• Structured Sales Leader with a passion for smashing sales targets and meeting results through the activity of the Sales Team.
• Proven track record in delivering sales and leading sales people.
• Ability to mentor and improve individual sales performance.
• Strategic thinker able to use a clever and intuitive thought process to hit targets.
• Professional outlook able to maintain and develop personal integrity with customers and stakeholders.
• Educated to degree level will be strongly preferred.
• Must be located in commutable distance to Warwickshire / Leicestershire / Northamptonshire

JOB REF: 4372GSA

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