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We are assisting a well-established technical supply and distribution business with the recruitment of an experienced Regional Sales Manager (field based).

The role comes with an excellent package including a base salary up to 65,000 plus bonus (OTE 77,000), car allowance (7300) and other many other benefits.

Reporting into the MD the role will be responsible for developing and executing sales strategies to increase market share and revenue within the London and South East region (although there will be some meetings in the North of England as and when required).

The role will be field-based and will involve attending meetings on site with customers, with the focus on building existing businesses, increasing customer spend and identifying new opportunities (80% existing business and 20% new business). The company is one of the leaders in the industry and has a good reputation and strong customer base - so this would be ideal for a seasoned sales manager who can support them with achieving and exceeding their sales strategy and targets.

Key duties and responsibilities will include;

• Reporting into the MD and working as part of the management team, responsible for new and existing business.
• Assist with the development and implement the sales strategies to achieve sales targets and objectives.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the assigned territory.
• Attending on-site meetings with customers to build relationships, discuss pricing and grow revenue.
• Generate and follow up on high quality sales leads.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential customers.
• Provide technical support and product knowledge to customers, ensuring they understand the benefits and applications of products at the sales stage, including conducting product demonstrations and presentations to customers.
• Collaborate with the internal team to ensure customer satisfaction and timely delivery of products.
• Monitor market trends and competitor activities to identify opportunities for growth.
• Prepare and submit regular sales reports and forecasts to management.
• Support customer event arrangement and delivery.
• Identify and communicate new product potential for development by Product team.
• Understand legislation and regulation changes to enable sales promotions and targeted product placements.
• Develop opportunities for commercial terms agreement in securing long term, mutually beneficial business.

For this role candidates will need to have proven experience at this level and need to have a technical sales background - ideally within electro-mechanical industries or similar (full training on the products will be provided).

Candidates must be proactive, confident, have excellent communication skills and be credible in face-to-face customer meetings.

Immediate need, so please apply online and a consultant from Cameron James will be in touch.

**Imagine yourself.**
+ Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact?on the world around you.
+ Growing your expertise?and expanding your skillset with every project.
+ Owning your ambition?and fueling your career growth.
**At** **Trojan Technologies ( **, you have the power to make it possible.**
Trojan Technologies, a Veralto ( company, plays a vital role in making the various stages of the water treatment process more effective and efficient. Our products and services have applications across municipal wastewater, drinking water, environmental contaminant treatment, and residential water treatment, along with ultra-purification of water used in food and beverage manufacturing, pharmaceutical processing and semiconductor applications.
When you join the Trojan Technologies team and the broader Veralto network, you become part of a unique culture where purpose meets possibility: where the work we do makes an everyday impact on the world's vital water resources, and where you'll have the power to deepen your skillset, own your ambition, and fuel your career growth.
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The **Regional Sales Manager, Municipal UK** is responsible for expanding direct sales and profit margins within assigned accounts and territories. They establish professional relationships with key personnel in customer accounts and strive to meet sales targets for profitable sales volume and margin dollars.
**This position is part of the Sales team and will be working remotely from the UK with a preference for the north or central regions. This role requires extensive travel throughout the whole country, up to 60% of the time.**
**In this role, your main responsibilities look like:**
+ Act as the primary contact for customers, consultant engineers, regulatory bodies, contractors, and representatives.
+ Be responsible for system sizing & pricing for all municipal systems.
+ Be responsible for meeting or exceeding customers' expectations and funnel growth targets.
+ Identify any trends or issues that could affect the marketplace, while taking corrective action to achieve orders, bookings & funnel health goals.
+ Establish and maintain effective day to day operational relationships with stakeholders.
+ Work from your home office while traveling to visit customers, regulatory bodies, contractors, etc. across the assigned territory.
**The essential requirements of the job include:**
+ Being based in UK, preferrably in the north/central region
+ Languages: English, other EU languages is a bonus.
+ Bachelor's degree in environmental science or engineering with a minimum 7 years of relevant Technical and/or Sales experience.
+ Demonstrated experience in managing a territory utilizing a CRM (Salesforce) including planning, forecasting, managing and implementing sales plans.
+ Capability to travel via car or plane within territory for significant portions of each fiscal year (>60% of time).
+ It'd be a bonus if you have experience working with municipal partners.
At Trojan Technologies we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Trojan Technologies can provide.
Trojan Technologies is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment _where purpose meets possibility_ : where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources-and building rewarding careers along the way.
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Veralto and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

**We help the world run better**
At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
**About SAP Concur**
SAP Concur is the world's leading brand for integrated travel, expense, and invoice management solutions. As part of SAP, we help thousands of organizations around the globe optimize spend, improve compliance, and streamline finance processes. Our intelligent spend management solutions empower businesses to make smarter decisions and achieve better outcomes.
**Role Overview**
We are seeking a **Regional Sales Manager** to lead our **Enterprise Sales team for the UK & Ireland (UK&I)** .
In this critical leadership role, you will drive new business growth, expand strategic customer relationships, and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives selling to enterprise-level organizations.
This position is ideal for a results-driven, people-first sales leader with a strong track record in SaaS and enterprise sales, and a passion for coaching teams to deliver consistent revenue performance.
**Key Responsibilities**
+ **Lead the Enterprise Sales team** across the UK&I region to achieve and exceed quarterly and annual revenue targets as well as quarterly pipeline targets
+ **Coach, mentor, and develop** a team of Enterprise Account Executives, ensuring high performance and continuous growth.
+ **Define and execute regional go-to-market strategies** , tailored to the UK&I enterprise landscape.
+ **Establish and grow relationships** with C-level stakeholders at prospective and existing enterprise clients.
+ **Collaborate cross-functionally** with marketing, solution consulting, customer success, and SAP ecosystem partners to drive pipeline and close complex deals.
+ **Maintain disciplined pipeline management and forecasting** using Salesforce and SAP tools, ensuring accuracy and accountability.
+ **Recruit and onboard top sales talent** , fostering a culture of excellence, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
+ Represent SAP Concur at key industry events, client meetings, and internal forums as a thought leader and brand ambassador.
**Tasks (not exhaustive)**
+ Running regular (weekly) team meetings
+ Running regular (weekly) 121s with the individual contributors in the team
+ Ensuring that SFDC is updated in a timely and consistent manner across the team and that, as a minimum the following six fields against an opportunity are always up to date.
1. Value
2. Close Date
3. Forecast category
4. Sales stage (ensuring that each stage is completed before exiting to the next e.g. 25% -> 50%)
5. OPP Trend
6. Last Next steps
+ Ensuring that BMWs (Forecasts) are completed each week
+ Coach on deals and selling strategies
+ Mentor team members where needed
+ Liaise with all other teams in a professional and collaborative manner
+ Help build and grow pipeline
+ Track pipeline and PG in line with the team and individuals close won ratio to ensure enough pipeline coverage is attained per rep
+ Validate the pipeline quality
+ Report and forecast accurately to UKI Leader on a weekly basis
+ Attend and actively participate in forecast planning meetings
**Ideal Candidate Profile**
+ Minimum **8 years of enterprise B2B sales experience** , including **3 years in a direct leadership role** within the SaaS or software industry.
+ Strong knowledge of the **UK&I enterprise market** , ideally selling into finance, procurement, HR and/ or operations functions.
+ Proven ability to lead teams through **complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles** with high ARR
+ Experience with **value-based selling methodologies** (e.g., MEDDPICC, Challenger, SPIN).
+ Strategic thinker with the ability to **translate data into actionable sales plans** .
+ Commercially minded with a passion for customer success and team development.
+ Strong **executive presence** and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
+ Proficiency in CRM and forecasting tools such as **Salesforce.com** .
**Why SAP Concur?**
+ Work within a **global SAP ecosystem** that supports innovation, inclusion, and integrity.
+ Sell **market-leading, mission-critical solutions** that truly transform how enterprises manage spend.
+ Be part of a **collaborative and people-first culture** , where growth and performance go hand in hand.
+ Enjoy a competitive base salary, **uncapped commission** , and a robust benefits package.
+ Accelerate your career through **world-class learning, mentorship, and mobility opportunities** within SAP.
**Bring out your best**
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.
**We win with inclusion**
SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team:
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy ( . Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Requisition ID: 432754 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
**A Day in the Life**
This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.
As Regional Sales Manager, you will lead and empower a high-performing sales and technical team to execute the Diabetes Operating Unit (OU) commercial strategy and achieve Annual Operating Plan (AOP) targets. Collaborating closely with Marketing, Sales, and Education teams, you will drive market share growth by delivering value-added services and promoting the Diabetes product portfolio. Your leadership will focus on executing strategic initiatives, fostering partnerships with healthcare providers, and building brand loyalty.
A success candidate will cover the area of London and South East.
**Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:**
+ Develop and execute district plans and sales strategies aligned with corporate objectives
+ Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers and influencers in the purchasing process to enhance Medtronic's brand presence
+ Analyse market size, competitive landscape, and sales data to identify growth opportunities and cost efficiencies
+ Regularly assess sales performance vs. targets and take timely action to address deviations
+ Manage, coaching and support sales teams through field visits and ongoing competency evaluations
+ Actively engage with healthcare providers to drive product adoption and build long-term partnership
+ Leverage data-driven insights to refine sales strategies and enhance execution
**Required Knowledge and Experience:**
+ Strong commercial expertise in healthcare sales, with a proven history of driving revenue growth
+ Demonstrate success in leading and developing high-performing sales teams
+ Experience in a highly competitive market, with the ability to use data to drive decision-making
+ Strong negotiation skills and business acumen, with the ability to influence key stakeholders
+ Excellent communication and coaching abilities, with a history of talent development
+ Initiative-taking with a strategic mindset
**Physical Job Requirements**
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position?
**Benefits & Compensation**
**Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package**
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
**About Medtronic**
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here ( lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
**We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
**We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
**This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will.
+ **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
+ **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities
+ **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning
These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
**Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
**Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
**Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it's about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
**Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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**Our Mission**
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
**Who We Are**
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
**Your Career**
The Regional Sales Manager is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you're responsible for leading and driving sales engagements. You're motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customer's secure environment, so you're prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention.
You'll be responsible for meeting and exceeding your quota by crafting and implementing strategic territory plans targeting deployments of the Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Security Platform. This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a go-getter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies.
**Your Impact**
+ As a Regional Sales Manager, you will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer
+ Bring your experience and consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors
+ Your focus will be to create and implement strategic account plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments
+ Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position Palo Alto Networks
+ Engage a programmatic approach to demand to generate, develop, and expand your territory
+ Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account.
+ Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services
+ Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meeting
**Your Experience**
+ Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security context; awareness of SASE technology is preferred
+ Experience cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers
+ Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts
+ Deep knowledge of Local Government
+ Possess a successful track record selling complex-solutions
+ Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction
+ Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals
**The Team**
Palo Alto Networks has brought technology to market that is reshaping the cybersecurity threat and protection landscape. Our ability to protect digital transactions is limited only by our ability to establish relationships with our potential customers and help them understand how our products can protect their environments. This is where our sales teams come in. Our sales team members work together with large organizations to keep their digital information safe. Our passionate sales teams educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients.
As part of our sales team, you are empowered with unmatched systems and tools, constantly updated research and sales libraries, and a team built on joint success. You won't find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn't committed to your success - with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our sales team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats. You're an amazing sales person - you're just looking for something more substantial and challenging as your next step.
**Our Commitment**
We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Would you like to take advantage of anuncapped earning potential andfocus purely on making your mark on theperformance of a major internationalbrand that possesses lots of growth opportunities? How doeshybrid working asSalesDirector in offices set withina beautiful, idyllic countryside setting sound?

If you are an experiencedhands-on, innovative, passionate B2B media sales professional, with a proven track record indriving new business development withinprint and digital advertising / media products, as well as events then this is the opportunity for you!

Our client, a highly successful, forward thinking independent B2B media companyare recruiting foraSalesDirector working on an established, major internationalbrand to join theirbusiness developmentteam andemployyourdrive, persistence andtenacity to hit and exceed personal revenue targets. You'll making your mark on a growing brand by using yourunderstanding of B2B media , andaconsultative approach todevelop andgrow new business opportunities whilst also maintaining and developing existing revenues.

Your new hands-onSalesDirector role will see you involved in:

• selling multiple platform media solutions across print, digital and events
• undertaking thorough research and building industry knowledge
• carrying out competitor analysis
• attending client meetings
• putting together media proposals for clients
• identifyingcontra agreements

Youwill also get the chance to travel internationally to both attend industry events / conferences and meet with clients.

For thisSalesDirector opportunity, I am interested in speaking with experiencedbusiness development focused professionals such as aBusiness Development Director, Senior Sales Manager, Advertising Sales Manager, Senior Business Development Manager withprovenB2B multi-platform media experience across print, digital and events/conferences, who possesses the drive, tenacity, and commercial acumen to succeed. Experience working / selling into the foodor a related industry would be ideal.

Basic salary c. 45,000 - 50,000 p.a. (depending on level of experience) plus uncapped OTE potential with an attractive commission structure!

Benefits include: hybrid working, free parking, benefits platform with discounts, wellness and engagement tools, lunchtime activities, and employee social events and awards!

Please note: The business are currently offering hybrid working - working from home up to 3 days per week.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

Established over thirty years ago my client is a successful, family-run, Commercial Cleaning company based in London with a healthy growth and a circa £13m turnover. They provide a broad variety of soft FM/cleaning services across the UK with a network of local offices. They hold on to the principles and ethics on which they were founded and they are still very much at the heart of what they do today. They have a deeply held commitment to deliver excellent client satisfaction to a client base that encompasses companies in many sectors.

I am currently working in partnership with them to recruit an industry experienced (contract cleaning) sales professional to become their London Sales Director. The company has telesales support, access to the relevant portals for tenders and receives a good number of quality enquiries from their website. The successful candidate would also be expected to engage in proactive activities to pinpoint sales opportunities. This role will have been muti-faceted, as well as having a personal target to meet the role holder will also manage a BDM with the plan to appoint a second BDM. The Sales Director must be experienced in tenders and larger bids as well as seeking out regular BDM opportunities. They are looking to continue their double digit organic growth across all sectors in London, with a focus on increasing the average size of the contracts won.

The client wants to consider all potential suitable candidates, so targets and the basic salary will be negotiable.

Candidate requirements

• You must have extensive experience of selling commercial cleaning contracts
li>Possess a proven track record of winning new business.
• Experienced in writing tenders and undertaking larger bids.
• Have the drive and capability to undertake the full sales process from lead generation, through site survey, financial metrics, proposal creation, to contract signature.
• Reside within a couple of hours travel of the Haringey area, so in reality London and the Home Counties areas.
• Possess a professional appearance with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Be a holder of a clean driving licence.
• Have a stable career history.
• Be a strong established player in the cleaning sales market with a verifiable track record of high value wins.
• Posses an ability to build and grow a successful sales and bid team, whilst self-achieving a good sized target of higher value opportunities to meet the individual target.
• Have a good network of contacts to be able to be invited to participate in tenders, also contacts within managing agents, procurement and sales consultants and other key relationships.

Basic salary circa £0k- 0k, commission (based on the annual net sale value), vehicle (electric) or pool car, laptop, mobile, NEST pension and 28 days holiday

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