Regional Sales Manager Northern Europe (Wine Jobs: Sales & Marketing)

  The Carling Partnership Limited

  Homebased, England

Key responsibilities:

• Meet sales development objectives, by leveraging and developing the existing distribution network and/or identifying new distributors/customers
• Provide technical, sales and marketing support to customers and prospects (presentations, testing, technical advice, training, etc.)
• Participate in trade shows, seminars, conferences
• Help with preparing technical datasheets, presentations and publications
• Conduct market and sector-based studies into product potential, competition and specific characteristics, and maintain network of professionals, specialists, R&D experts, etc.
• Work with in-house support teams to ensure best service when processing customers' orders
• Ensure that any customer complaints are duly handled; in connection with technical and quality department
• Propose, implement and track an annual sales and marketing budget and corresponding action plan for the relevant segments and markets
• Compile regular activity reports for the Reporting Manager 

Skills, experience and attributes:

• Qualified in food/agricultural engineering with specific experience in fermentation processes
• Between 3 and 5 years' experience in a technical, sales or marketing position in a similar domain, ideally in international B2B business
• Keen interest in the culture used in brewing and eager to promote that use
• Able to communicate fluently in English and use Office tools effectively
• Pragmatic, responsive, inquisitive and open-minded
• Attentive to market and customer needs, confident in submitting proposals and able to create and maintain commercial relationships in different cultural contexts
• Ability to convince others and show commitment to profits will be vital assets in this role