Head of Sales

Posted 03 June 2019
Salary Negotiable
LocationManchester
Job type Full time
Discipline Agency
Reference11838_1559573283
Contact NameLeon Milns

Job description

Head of Sales - Manchester (Creative Agency)

Our client is a highly successful integrated creative content company, working with a diverse range of businesses from startups to some of the biggest brands and names in the world of fashion & home. They build relationships, create content and deliver results that matter.

They have a global Team & have the capability, creativity and commercialism to provide creative solutions for thei clients that deliver results and increase their sales.

From their studios in Manchester their services include branding, web design, digital marketing, creative, photography, production and video all of which are wrapped with end to end account management and logistics production - put simply they plan, create, deliver and optimise content for our clients.

This is a huge opportunity for a driven, motivated, experienced and creative sales expert to join their fantastic team to help them reach their next level of growth. Covering all areas of their business, you will be integral in driving the new business process from lead generation, to pitch, conversion & beyond. Your key focus will be ensuring that they have a healthy pipeline of new business opportunities and will have the ability and confidence to see them through from the conversation through to the conversion.

Your role as Head of Sales will consist of the following: Prospecting and Lead Generation: * Searching for and engaging with suitable decision makers within the retail & B2B sector to win new business. * Build on our CRM database and maintain our pipeline of opportunities. * Field, respond to and manage incoming new business enquiries. * Identify networking opportunities and attend events
* Pro-actively research and identify new markets and revenue streams.
New Business and Pitching:
* Produce proposals (including RFI's and RFP's), quotations and estimates that achieve the business'
commercial goals and run large presentations managing internal and external stakeholders.
Comprehensive support from a highly experienced & knowledgeable team will be available for pitches,
proposals & RFP's.
* Close agreements and negotiate all key terms & conditions of the sale.
* Work closely with the Client Services Team in the handover of new accounts.
* Report back to stakeholders regularly on pipeline growth, meetings booked and business closed and increase the pipeline value month on month.

Key Skills:
* Must have experienced of working in a creative (agency) orientated Sales or Business Development Role.
* Experience in developing New Business strategies.
* Tenacious, results driven, intuitive and the ability to think on their feet.
* Excellent people skills with the ability to communicate at all levels internally and externally.
* Super organised with phenomenal attention to detail and lots of energy.

Our client don't pretend to be anything other than what they are - honest, hard working and great people to work with, all of which is reflected through their shared values.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual to go in and take ownership of their sales function in a company which has never had one, yet has so many cross- and up-selling opportunities.

The potential for this person is huge and given the company is genuinely good at what they do, with a number of USPs.