LG15509

Your opportunity to join one of the leading creative exhibition stand design and build companies in the UK and help drive the business forward!

THE COMPANY

With a proven background of delivering phenomenal exhibitions and experiential builds across the UK and overseas, this company have established a strong client base covering a variety of sectors including gaming, cosmetics, financial services and pharmaceutical to name a few! With in-house services including stand design, graphics, installation, hire and build they renowned for their exceptional design and for bringing clients' brands to life through utilising and incorporating innovative engagement tools.

With fantastic offices complete with their own onsite warehouse, competitive salaries and a growing client base there has never been a better time to join this agency!

THE ROLE

Due to continued success and ambitious growth plans they are now looking for an experienced Sales Manager to come on board and take responsibility for the co-ordination and leadership of all sales activities, including the management and developed of a team. Reporting directly into the MD responsibilities include:

• Managing, motivating and developing a team of sales staff, including setting KPI's and conducting appraisals

• Being the main point of contact for key accounts and maximising business within these

• Ensuring sales strategies are effective and implemented across the team

• Identifying and targeting new business opportunities and driving this through the team

• Ensuring sales targets are hit and ideally exceeded

• Reviewing processes and procedures to ensure and increase profitability and efficiency

• Developing long standing key relationships

• Supporting the team with pitch documents and leading on pitches when required

• Securing a profitable pipeline of revenue and discussing this in regular board meetings

• Understanding key market drivers and trends in the market

• Attending industry events to identify opportunities and generate business

THE CANDIDATE

Candidates must have a proven sales background coupled with experience within the events sector. Experience of working within and selling the services of a design and build agency would be ideal but candidates will also be considered from backgrounds including event agencies as well as exhibition organisers. Candidates must have a solid background of pitching for and winning new business, with proven figures to support this. In addition candidates must be comfortable producing and presenting reports at board level. Experience of managing and motivating a sales team is a must.

In return for your commitment you will be working alongside some of the best in the business and have the opportunity to really develop a successful and rewarding career with the potential to earn a six-figure salary!

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across marketing, creative and events. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit www.live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.