Area Sales Director - North East & Scotland

Salary: Up to £82,500 Basic Car £10,000 OTE Fantastic Culture Development: Clear path to career progression Location: Field based in the North East England & Scotland Post Recruitment are looking to recruit an ambitious and inspiring sales leader to become an Area Sales Director for a market leading FTSE100tech business. Our client is an incredibly successful online platform, who dominate their industry and have exciting plans to continue their expansion. You will be responsible for implementing and developing a strategic plan to develop accounts and achieving targets with our client's biggest division. You will achieve this by coaching, developing, motivating, planning and supporting a field-based team of experienced Account Managers. A key part of this role is to contribute to and share the strategic direction of the business, demonstrate leadership, and to act as role model supporting company values across your team. What you'll be doing: Inspire your team by communicating a clear vision of what is expected, role modelling the required behaviours and creating the right environment for your team to deliver the account plans and achieve targets / objectives Have a plan, set objectives & help your team define their own area plans to achieve targets and objectives. Appraise the performance of individual team members to ensure they are focused on activities that support great account management & regional objectives that add value to the business and that of our customers. Identify and maintain resource requirements for own area in relation to turnover, absence, recruitment to meet resource plan and succession planning. Develop relationships with key customers and influencers in your area. Conduct regular and effective coaching & 1-2-1’s and performance management. Develop your team through identification of learning needs to enable them to reach their full potential in line with company objectives. Provide an on-going training programme as needed to drive the business plan and develop individuals. . Manage the day-to-day relationships with external parties in support of company objectives and policy. Identify and maintain resource requirements for own regional area Requirements: Proven track record of successfully increasing revenue and market share. Proven track record in operational management. Meticulous analytical and planning skills; a competent user of excel and PowerPoint. Proven track record of developing relationships and influencing to boardroom level. Be an expert in the sales process Excellent communicator with the ability to engage and influence both verbally and written Excellent influencing skills with the ability to drive results and engage with internal teams and customer to achieve objectives. Has initiative and able to think independently, ability to lead a team and drive great ways of working. Drive for results both personally and for the team to achieve commercial goals, ability to create solutions when off target and sharing success amongst colleagues. The Package: Up to £82,500 Basic Salary Achievable, £10,000 OTE Fully expensed company car 25 Days Holiday Bank Holidays Other regular incentives Private Health Cover for you and your family Life Assurance Stakeholder Pension Scheme Sharesave Scheme Childcare Vouchers Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Sales Leader or Area Sales Director looking to progress quickly with a fantastic business. If you are interested in this role, please apply ASAP. This vacancy is being advertised by Post Recruitment Ltd. The services advertised by Post Recruitment Ltd are those of an Employment Agency, visit our website for more details.