Agri-Desk Sales Manager - Leicestershire - AW177
- Employer
- De Lacy Executive Recruitment
- Location
- Leicestershire
- Salary
- Competitive basic salary in addition to clear bonus structure
- Closing date
- 28 Oct 2024
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- Sector
- Animal Health, Animal Nutrition, Dairy, Livestock, Management, Sales & Marketing, Technical
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Role
- Manager, Specialist
- Employer Type
- Recruitment Consultant
Job Details
Be this first Internal Sales Manager, and build your own successful team.
This highly recognisable and reputable feed business known for its commitment to quality and innovation in the agricultural sector is expanding. This business has been successfully providing farmers and agricultural businesses with top-quality feed solutions that enhance productivity and sustainability.
The business is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Agri Desk Sales Manager to spearhead the creation and management of a new internal sales team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving sales performance, fostering strong customer relationships, and ensuring the effective execution of sales strategies. This is a pivotal position that requires a blend of leadership, strategic thinking, and hands-on sales expertise.
Key Responsibilities:
• Recruit, train, and lead a new internal sales team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Develop and implement effective sales strategies to achieve and exceed sales targets, focusing on both new and existing clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, understanding their needs, and providing tailored feed solutions.
• Implement clear performance goals for the internal sales team, regularly monitor progress, and provide ongoing coaching and feedback.
• Work closely with other departments such as marketing, product development, and logistics to ensure seamless operations and customer satisfaction.
• Prepare and present regular sales reports, forecasts, and insights to senior management.
About You:
• Proven experience in sales management, preferably within the agricultural or feed industry.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills with the ability to inspire and drive a sales team to achieve targets.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• In-depth understanding of the agricultural sector and feed products.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales data and market trends.
In return a competitive basic salary is on offer, with the opportunity for you to develop your very own team truly making it your own.
Want to learn more? For more information and an informal confidential discussion please call Alex Wheeler on 01885 485525/075062 96301 or e-mail your CV (in word format) and covering letter to alex.wheeler@delacyexecutive.co.uk , thank you.
De Lacy Executive Recruitment will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at www.delacyexecutive.co.uk/privacypolicy. Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission.
Please note that this advertisement is not a job description and you should satisfy yourself about the full details at interview.
De Lacy Executive Recruitment is an Approved member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which promotes high standards in recruitment practice, and is registered with the Information Commissioners Office. De Lacy Executive Recruitment complies with all relevant data protection legislation.
Company
De Lacy Executive acquisition increases recruitment resources
De Lacy Executive is pleased to announce that the agri-business recruitment consultancy has been acquired by AgCareers.com Canada, part of the Farms.com group. Farms.com is a supplier of innovative technology based information products, services and publications for the global agriculture and food industry. Farms.com has offices in Canada, USA, Australia and India and also owns and operates a 2,000 acre farm in Canada. A large number of leading organizations in the international agriculture and food industries are amongst its clients.
Graham Dyer, President of Farms.com believes "De Lacy Executive has a unique search and selection recruitment service based upon integrity and profound industry knowledge. We are thrilled to add this excellent team to our group. It will be 'business as usual' for this professional team. We will add to the De Lacy portfolio of services and spread the model to other sectors of UK land based business and to other parts of the world, benefitting our clientele and providing additional support and guidance for jobseekers. Combined with our AgCareers.com and CareersInFood.com job boards, we have an increasingly international offering in the agriculture and food industries."
The sale took effect on June 1st 2016. Stuart Goodinson is the Managing Director. John Davies, who founded De Lacy, will remain working closely with the company as a consultant to the business. Stuart says; "I believe the acquisition by AgCareers.com Canada provides additional products and services for the benefit of our clients and candidates - plus growth opportunities for us, both in the UK and in international markets. This change will increase our resource pool and search capability to ensure an even greater selection of top quality candidates for our recruitment clients."
De Lacy Executive is the principal recruitment specialist in the Agricultural and Land Based Business sector operating in the UK and Internationally with regional, national and global clients. We have been awarded Preferred Supplier List status with a number of major organisations.
The company was formed in 2000 and our extensive industry knowledge enables us to successfully assist our clients with vacancies in all disciplines from sales and marketing to technical and operations and at all levels from graduate trainees to chief executives. Our team of nine includes 8 who are the offspring of farmers and 6 who are agricultural graduates. Our agricultural credential are second to none.
We offer information and frank and honest advice to clients and job seekers. Career guidance is a key part of our work with candidates. Our service is free to candidates.
The Key Points to Our Business
Consultancy - We act in a consultancy capacity, adding value by devising a recruitment plan relevant to each client and each vacancy and then proactively searching and selecting the best candidates for clients whilst offering career advice to candidates.
Proactive searching for candidates - We don't wait to see if we receive applications. We use our own database and others, search websites, "head hunt" plus advertise on the most effective job boards to build our contacts and boost applicant numbers.
Our vacancies extend from graduate trainee to managing director - from sales through to technical, marketing, operations and production to R & D management.
Our specialism extends from the agricultural supply trade (arable, livestock, machinery and equipment etc) to farm management, primary food and fresh produce, horticulture, equestrian, environment, renewable energy and a diverse range of Rural and Land-based Business vacancies.
Integrity and Confidentiality - De Lacy Executive is approved as a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which oversees the UK's recruitment industry (REC Membership Number: 00082047) and is registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office under the Data Protection Act.
Commitment - We are committed to the industry and try to give something back through sponsorship of events and scholarships.
Ambassadors - We act in a professional manner recognising that we act on behalf of our clients.
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