Branch Manager

Future Electronics; Padova; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Future Electronics is seeking a Branch Manager for its Padua, Italy office. The role focuses on recruiting, training, and leading a sales team to achieve monthly and annual budgets, while maintaining strong customer relationships.

The Branch Manager will work with senior leaders to set budgets, monitor branch performance, and drive continuous improvement. A background in electronics distribution and a service‑oriented approach are essential.

Qualifications

• Over 3 years in electronics sales with people management responsibilities.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate and present information professionally.
• Commercially astute, highly organised and self-motivated.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the electronics distribution industry/current market.
• Strategic thinker who can handle tactical operational issues when required.
• Has a clear service ethic and leads by example.
• IT literate and open to learning new software/systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of sales personnel to achieve monthly and annual sales budgets.
• Manage branch metrics and activity to meet annual corporate objectives.
• Monitor and measure sales activities and implement changes if targets are not met.
• Collaborate with the Country Manager / Regional Sales Director on setting annual budgets.
• Review expenses to ensure correct accounting practices.
• Participate in recruitment and conduct key interview stages for new hires.

Skills

People management

Electronics sales

Communication

Organised

IT literacy

Strategic thinking

Job description

Looking for a challenging new role and career development as a;

BRANCH MANAGER

If the answer is yes, then Future Electronics wants to hear from you! We are currently looking to employ a Branch Manager to join our team at our office in Padua, Italy.

We know our employees are what make us great, that's why we constantly develop and motivate our talent with world class organizational development to learn and achieve our goals together Successful applicants will gain a highly competitive salary, full training and a range of benefits.

JOB PURPOSE

The prime responsibility of the role is to recruit, train, develop and retain a team of sales people and sales managers who are able to attain the sales budgets for the office / branch. This role requires the ability to act as a sales manager, create business opportunities, demonstrate active leadership and motivation skills whilst also fulfilling an operational role in ensuring that a high level of service is provided to our customers.

The role requires a high level of interaction with both internal and external customers to ensure effective business relationships are achieved and maintained. This involves the staff management of personnel including disciplinary or corrective actions as required as well as interaction with suppliers to achieve an effective appreciation of business opportunities and practices. The role has a high level of demand, as the branch manager is measured to an extent on the results of the branch.

What the roles involves:

• To lead & manage a team of sales personnel to achieve monthly and annual sales budgets.
• Manage branch metrics and activity to achieve annual corporate objectives.
• Monitor and measure sales activities within the group and take action to implement change if sales activities are not succeeding.
• Work with the Country Manager / Regional Sales Director on the setting of annual sales budgets.
• Examine all expenses within the group to ensure that correct accounting practices are being maintained.
• Actively participate in the recruitment of new hires, undertaking the key / final stage of the interview process to check the candidate can fulfill the competencies of the job role for which they are applying, and that they are the correct personality fit with the company culture and the branch team.
• Undertake annual and bi-annual appraisals for all direct reports in line with corporate procedure.
• Undertake regular branch communication meetings with all staff (as directed by line management) reviewing both corporate and local objectives and sharing branch performance against the set metrics.
• Support training of the Future Sales Executives, Key Account Managers, Area sales Manages through the medium of the external franchised supplier lines and the internal bespoke courses.
• Ensure links with Technical sales and Supplier Development personnel are maintained at the highest interface. Regularly hold reviews, understand the leading metrics of the demand creation, and funnel management of the branch.
• Undertake account reviews with all personnel to ascertain that sufficient time is being devoted to penetrating the accounts with the greatest growth potential and those that have been penetrated are actively managed in order to achieve continual growth, retention and achievement of personal budgets.
• Develop effective working relationships with all internal customers with an emphasis on the technical, marketing and credit departments.
• Ensure a high level of service by being responsive to the end customers’ needs and maintain strategic business relationships with all focus suppliers.
• Additional projects or duties as management at time may require.

Do you have:

• Previous experience (over three years) within an electronics sales environment preferably including people management responsibility.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate and present information in a professional way.
• Commercially astute, highly organised and self-motivated.
• A comprehensive knowledge of the electronics distribution industry/current market.
• Strategic thinker who is also able to handle tactical operational issues when required.
• Has a clear service ethic and leads by example.
• IT literate and open to learning new software/systems.

About Future Electronics:

Future Electronics is a global leader in the electronic components industry. The company’s award winning customer service, comprehensive global supply chain programs, and industry leading engineering design expertise make it a strategic partner of choice for customers worldwide.

A WT Microelectronics company, Future Electronics is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and operates in 44 countries and 159 offices. Its global footprint enables exceptional service and efficient, end to end supply chain solutions. The company is fully integrated and supported by a single IT infrastructure that provides real time inventory visibility and seamless global operations, sales, and marketing capabilities.

For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

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