About This Role
This Sales Director role is a highly visible leadership position for an experienced sales leader with a passion for engineering or technical solutions. It combines strategic planning with hands-on commercial management, leading the UK sales operation for an international technology business.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver the sales strategy to achieve ambitious growth objectives
- Lead, motivate and develop a multi-disciplinary sales team across the UK
- Drive revenue, profitability and market share growth
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, suppliers and strategic partners
- Champion effective CRM usage, pipeline management and sales forecasting
- Promote new business development and design-win activity
- Implement performance metrics and reporting processes to support informed decision-making
- Identify and capitalise on market opportunities and emerging technologies
- Ensure customer requirements are translated into value-driven technical solutions
- Support the continued development of the company's reputation as a leading solutions provider
Requirements
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing sales teams
- Strong commercial acumen with a demonstrable record of achieving revenue and profit growth
- Background within electronics components, electronics engineering, technical solutions, industrial technology, or related sectors
- Degree educated, ideally within Electronics Engineering or a related technical discipline
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Experience managing complex customer relationships and strategic accounts
- Strong forecasting, planning and CRM management capabilities
- Full UK driving licence
Benefits
- Performance-related bonus
- Car allowance
- Private healthcare
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Career progression opportunities within a growing international organisation
Important Details
- Work format: Hybrid / Remote
About the Company
Our client is a highly successful international technology business that collaborates with leading manufacturers and OEMs, delivering innovative, value-added solutions into a range of growing industrial and technology markets.