Head of Sales - Traditional Retail, Ecommerce and Partnerships

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What you would do as our Head of Sales - Traditional Retail, Ecommerce and Partnerships:

You will be responsible for delivering growth across all accounts within the E-Commerce Pure player space, Electrical (such as Argos/Currys/John Lewis), Grocery (such as Costco and Tesco) and Partnerships. You will also lead a team to deliver FP and collaborate with the wider Residential teams to help deliver across the segment.

Main responsibilities and duties are to:
•    Provide a strong and positive contribution to the strategy and policies for the company.
•    Deliver incremental revenue and margins within the Yale Retail BU (excl. DIY and Trade).
•    Promote sales and market share growth through all targeted accounts with the ASSA ABLOY product range - with primary focus upon Yale.
•    Manage a national sales team.
•    Drive and inspire the introduction of new products to the market.
•    Instil a high-performance culture within the organisation.
•    Consistently protect and promote the Yale brand.
•    Identify, develop and direct the implementation of the sales strategy for Yale UK Retail channel in line with the organisational strategy.
•    Identify key commercial activities and ensure successful implementation throughout the business.
•    Plan and direct the marketing and sales activities to achieve agreed financial targets and standards for the business.
•    Develop clear, creative and positive responses to competitive pressures and implement them through a national sales force.
•    Work closely with product leads to determine product ranges and pricing models in response to market demand.
•    Set targets that ensure the right actions are taken by the sales teams across all channels.
•    Measure performance against targets and communicating the results in a way that leads to superior performance.
•    Lead in the creation of a best practice culture throughout the sales teams.
•    Have an active role in developing appropriate sales techniques and material to support the sales team and ensure that all marketing and PR are aligned.
•    Recruit, select, develop and retain a successful sales team to ensure a high performing sales function.
•    Ensure sales efforts are properly balanced across all product groups.
•    Work collaboratively with all other Residential BU’s and Commercial teams as necessary.

The ideal candidate will have:
•    Clear demonstration of strong sales team management including a track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets and budgets. 
•    Previous experience of working in a Retail Consumer Channel environment. 
•    Proven track record of new business acquisition.
•    The ability to positively influence others.
•    Excellent negotiation skills. 
•    The ability to successfully work to very tight deadlines.
•    Strong communication skills. 
•    Relationships with customers within the Retail Channel.

Residential Segment

The Residential Business Segment is a complex multi-channel, multi-region sector encompassing a wide variety of product and customer types. As ASSA ABLOY UKI’s largest business segment it’s a dynamic, exciting and rewarding environment in which to grow your career. Full of interesting opportunities to challenge you, the Residential Sector is a great place to enhance and develop within a dynamic, success driven, yet supportive team environment.

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