Sales Director

About the job

A highly successful printing company which has continued to invest heavily in technical expertise is looking for a Sales Director to take the business to the next level.

This company’s mission is to meet and exceed customers’ expectations by providing best in class customer service and building long term business partnerships. Its team ensures that customers harness their collective knowledge and many years of industry experience to help deliver the right print solution and at the right price. 

The main criteria for this hands-on role will be to:

1.    Look for new business

2.    Grow existing accounts

3.    Consolidate sales

4.    Manage the sales team

5.    Plan & implement a sales strategy

Responsible for the development and implementation of sales strategies, you will gather performance data and generate reports. You will use your knowledge of the industry to look at ways to create growth, accurately forecast sales predictions and shifts in the marketplace, and avoid stagnation. Your role as Sales Director will also be to analyse the company’s product offering and current client portfolio and identify additional markets in which it can serve. This high degree of trend analysis, market monitoring, and result tracking requires a candidate with a well-developed business sense. 

Actively managing the sales team with a focus on developing talent, you will set objectives, coach, monitor performance and drive them to exceed sales goals. Ensuring optimum success within this this role will require emotional intelligence and well-developed interpersonal skills to maintain close, trusting relationships with team members and facilitate open communication. A real stand out candidate will be equally as passionate about their own success and achievements as that of those around them; someone who brings out the best in people and allows them to fulfil their own ambitions.

Dynamic, energetic and passionate about the work you do, you will be eager to bring fresh ideas to the table and improve company turnover through the management of sales activities.