Total 5 Manager level Sales / Marketing job vacancies in Luton, LU3 3QN

A market-leading £1 billion UK manufacturing and distribution group is looking for a motivated Business Development Manager to join their dynamic team in Luton. You will be pivotal in driving sales through strategic marketing and promotional efforts, focusing on developing key accounts for long-term success. This is an exciting hybrid role where you'll split your time between internal sales (3 days per week) and external client visits (2 days per week).

The business you'll be joining is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electrical and lighting products belonging to a global group of companies who employ over 1,700 people throughout the UK. They are a well-established business with a fantastic reputation and are a key supplier to the UK electrical wholesale and electrical contractor market.

Role Responsibilities

• Sales Strategy Development: Create and implement a comprehensive sales strategy to meet business objectives and sales forecasts within the trade channel. Focus on key customer groups and initiatives like new product launches, market trends, promotions, and competitor activity to maximise opportunities.
• Promotional Campaign Management: Lead and execute promotional campaigns, ensuring effective follow-up sales activities.
• Account Management & Growth: Build and maintain strong relationships with both existing and new key customer accounts. Work closely with these customers to identify their needs and opportunities for mutually beneficial, profitable growth.
• Forecasting & Reporting: Accurately forecast and plan sales activity, reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor progress and meet targets.
• Internal Collaboration: Work closely with internal departments to ensure seamless communication and support across all areas of the business, ensuring alignment with overall company goals.

Rewards

As a Business Development Manager, you will receive:

• A starting salary between £35,000 - £45,000
• An uncapped profit share bonus
• A package including a company car, laptop and mobile phone
• Training and ongoing support
• Membership of the company's excellent pension scheme
• Opportunities to progress with the business and wider group

Requirements

To be successful in this Business Development Manager role, you should have:

• 2-5 years of experience within an external sales role with responsibility for wholesale and contractor accounts
• Strong negotiation and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
• Self-motivation and a proactive attitude
• The ability to work independently, manage your own schedule, and prioritise tasks effectively
• A full UK driving licence

Think you have what it takes? Apply today to find out more!

Are you an experienced School Business Manager with a dynamic outlook?

I am working with a inclusive and innovative KS3 and KS4 Pupil Referral Unit who is looking for a committed School Business Manager who can make a difference in the workplace.

This school is a centre of excellence in alternative provision offering academic and vocational qualifications to students from within the local authority, alongside a short stay provision to provide supportive interventions for identified mainstream students, and an outreach team providing targeted support to secondary students within mainstream schools.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

- Management of the strategy and operation of business functions within the school, including ICT

- Financial Management, including budget and procurement

- Ensuring maintenance of Health and Safety, facilities management

- Human resources management

- General management of team and administration

Experience required:

• Experience of managing a budget of £3.5million +
• Experience of proactively commissioning and developing partnerships with external providers of services
• Experience of negotiating and agreeing contracts
• Experience working in a school or college setting at a management level
• Experience of working with local authorities, parents, professionals and other stakeholders within an educational setting
• Experience of effectively leading and managing people

This is a full time, 52 week permanent role with the opportunity to work from home during the holidays.

If you have the relevant experience in a role like this and you would like to work in a diverse school that offers opportunities to grow as a leader, we would love to hear from you. If you know of anyone who would be, we have a fantastic refer a friend scheme.

Joining this market-leading electrical distribution business in Luton as a Graduate Trainee Sales Manager, you will immerse yourself in an intensive training period and progress quickly to building relationships with B2B customers.

The business has a proven track-record of developing graduate talent to management level. They are a dominant force in their industry with an impressive £1.7 billion turnover. With hundreds of UK locations, they are a growing business that offers graduates a fantastic platform to launch their careers.

The Role

Joining this business as a Graduate Trainee Sales Manager, you will:

• Immerse yourself in an intensive training period and gain insight into various areas of the business
• Receive product, skills and industry sales training both in-house and with external training providers
• Complete a programme of professional sales training
• Work closely with an experienced senior manager mentor
• Quickly progress to a key business development role within the business
• Build relationships with B2B customers
• Manage key customer accounts and your own diary

With this group of companies, your development is limited only by your own ambition. You will be given the tools to be successful, make an impact and progress and many graduates go on to run their own business within the group.

The Rewards

As a Graduate Trainee Sales Manager, you will receive:

• Thorough training tailored to you
• An initial salary of £27,500 - £29,000 with regular salary reviews
• Your cut of the company's profits in the form of an uncapped bonus
• Further progression opportunities
• A company car (upon progression to field-based role)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• The opportunity to establish a career with a well-renowned business - opportunities with the group are highly sought after by industry professionals

Required Skills

To be successful in this graduate sales role, you should be:

• A business-minded graduate
• An excellent communicator
• Money-motivated and driven to succeed
• Confident, competitive and outgoing
• In possession of a full UK driving licence

Apply today to find out more!

Eyewear Area Sales Manager job covering North London and Home Counties. Zest Optical are currently looking to recruit an Area Sales Manager for a market-leading optical frame company. This company design, market and distribute ophthalmic and sunglass frames to opticians across the world.This role will cover North London and Home Counties region.

As Eyewear Area Sales Manager you will be responsible for creating and building exceptional customer relationships. This role will report to the Sales Director and will involve a mixture of account management and new business development.

Eyewear Area Sales Manager - Role

• Creating and executing a strategic sales plan that expands the customer base and extends reach
• Meeting with potential clients and grow long-lasting relationships by understanding client needs and offering solutions that meet these requirements (virtually and in person) max 4 visits a year per customer
• Improving profitability by product mix optimization (upselling) via training and consulting
• Negotiating sales and bonus agreements with customers within agreed limits
• To act as an ambassador of the brand and promote marketing to prospects and clients
• Manage sales pipeline, month-end and year-end close processes
• To live the brand values and represent them at all times

Eyewear Area Sales Manager - Requirements

• Previous optical experience (Dispensing Optician/Practice Manager)
• Optical field sales experience
• Able to quickly gain a strong understanding of the client marketplace including competitor products
• Very self-motivated and target driven
• Commercially savvy

Eyewear Area Sales Manager - Salary

• Base salary up to £32,500 plus excellent commission scheme (OTE circa £50k)
• Company car and additional benefits

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• Managing an existing portfolio of disciplined Premier and Family Shopper retailers, assisting and advising them on ways to improve and enhance their Store offer to their consumers.
• A priority on recruiting new business from competitor and independent retailers through selling the benefits of joining the leading symbol fascia in the convenience sector.
• Challenging and advising on under performing stores, how they can improve to meet their contractual obligations.
• Ensuring that feedback is shared with the retail functions.
• Supporting the creation of a culture which recognises the right behaviours, with Everyone is Welcome and makes Booker ‘A Place to Get On’.

• Successful career to date with a core skill set around influencing customers.
• Exceptional relationship building capability.
• Commercial understanding.
• Effectiveness in a remote field based role as well as being part of the Retail team.
• Ability to challenge, develop and embed change.
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions based on information given
• A natural ability to listen and advise customers on best practice.
• Strong intellectual capability, supported by judgement.
• A positive nature, able to adapt in a changing landscape
• A high level of resilience