Business Manager
England, United Kingdom
Palio Business Manager
In 1973, Karndean started life as a small family business. Now we are one of the world's most renowned and respected luxury flooring brands. We recognise our people as being the key drivers of our success and its their passion and innovation that have allowed us to continue growing as a business.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Palio Business Manager to join our Sales team. This position is well-suited to a high energy individual with a drive for self-motivation and self-development who is looking to use excellent communication and interpersonal skills to influence, inspire and build long term relationships with our customers.
As part of the Sales team you will grow and develop accounts by increasing the sales volume and margin performance while managing cost within the budget forecast.
Covering the Northwest, West Midlands & Wales.
Responsibilities:
To provide sales support to the account base in the form of:
Order intake to agreed targets defined by budget forecast
Account management with specific accounts to maintain long-term relationships and maximise sales opportunities
Identify new Trade & Express account opportunities on geographical territory
Attend Trade events, breakfast mornings & customer promotional events
To act as the key interface for our account base, problem-solving and objection handling to achieve resolution
Initial management of the new account application process to produce reports and recommendations to line management to maximise sales opportunities within the territory
Point of contact for the account holder for initial sales inquiries and general or technical services issues
Structured business planning every quarter
To provide field marketing support in conjunction with Palio Marketing Executive
To provide support in the form of visual merchandising to improve the customer's experience in-store
Requirements:
Skilled in account management and new business development
Proven track record in sales and service management
Proactive, innovative and driven to succeed
Strong confident manner
Professional, enthusiastic, flexible, creative, disciplined, ambitious, team player
Able to produce written reports and detailed business plans on a periodical or ad-hoc basis
Manage own diary/call cycle
Able to demonstrate the ability to tailor a presentation to an individual or group from employee to director level
Capable of giving training demonstrations, promoting new products
Ability to pioneer new sales and product opportunities
IT literate with Microsoft Office skills
Experience with CRM systems (preferably Microsoft Dynamics)
Full clean driver’s licence
Physically fit
Able to stay away as and when the role requires
Our Company:
Karndean International UK is based in Evesham, Worcestershire across three sites with excellent facilities. We offer a huge range of benefits but here are some of the headlines:
salary
commission scheme
and hybrid working
discount
care cover
days holiday, 8 bank holidays + a day off for your birthday (increasing with years of service)
Van
iPhone, iPad and laptop
pension scheme
maternity and paternity benefits
sick pay
and development opportunities
Volunteering day
employee awards with up to £1,000 monetary prizes
As part of our company you will enjoy working with a team of incredibly passionate, fun people and have the opportunity to contribute innovative ideas direct to the executive leadership team as well as progressing your career.
At Karndean we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce with an equitable, inclusive environment.