UK Managing Director

Lord Search & Selection

West Midlands Combined Authority

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Executive Benefits Package

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a UK Managing Director to drive commercial strategy and manage key accounts in the high-quality security products sector. The ideal candidate will possess a professional engineering qualification and extensive management experience within highly regulated environments. Exceptional communication and financial acumen are essential. This full-time role promises autonomy and support to achieve exceptional commercial results.

Qualifications

Extensive experience in highly regulated environments.
Experience managing framework agreements and business plans.
Ability to achieve challenging sales targets.

Responsibilities

Lead the implementation of the commercial strategy.
Negotiate with stakeholders within key accounts.
Implement strategies to improve business performance.
Governance on New Bids and Tenders.

Skills

Commercial management

Planning and business development

Financial acumen

Interpersonal skills

Education

Professional engineering qualification

Job description

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Base pay range

Security & Safety Products and Solutions

c. £100k + Car Allowance & Executive Benefits Package

Based: West Midlands

The Role

Critical to the continued success of our client business in the UK will be the appointment of a high calibre and entrepreneurial Sales Director or Managing Director to lead them through a period of growth, change and opportunity. Reporting directly to the CEO based in Europe, your key responsibility will be:

To lead the implementation of the commercial strategy, in line with the Group's vision to exceed customer expectations in terms of sales, profit and new business
To play a key role in influencing and negotiating with demanding and challenging stakeholders within Blue-Chip key accounts within a variety of regulated sectors. (e.g. Chemical, Construction, Infrastructure or Rail)
Providing decisive and highly visible leadership, you will be tasked with implementing strategies to transform the business and improve its performance across all product ranges
To provide pro-active expertise, advice and governance on all New Bids, Tenders and Framework agreements

Your profile

A professionally qualified Engineer, with extensive experience of highly regulated environments. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate skills and experience in the following areas:

Commercial management of framework agreements and leading the commercial review process
Planning and coordinating the implementation of business plans and the penetration of new accounts/markets
Possess a strong financial acumen and experience in working to challenging but realistic sales targets
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with a proven track record of quickly building credibility both internally and externally

The Company

Backed by the resources of a multi-billion turnover parent, our client is a market leader in the manufacture, sales and distribution of a range of high-quality security and safety products for heavily regulated sectors. Their reputation has been built on continued investment in New Product Development, product quality and by providing the highest levels of service to their blue-chip customer base. You can anticipate a high profile and challenging role where you will enjoy all the autonomy, support and resources you need to deliver exceptional commercial results.

Next Steps

This role is being managed exclusively by Lord Search & Selection so to apply in confidence, please submit your full CV detailing your current remuneration package and availability quoting reference 10095.

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