Full-Time Area Sales Manager
Job Description
Vikan is the world’s leading supplier of hygienic cleaning tools and support services to the Food & Beverage industry and other hygiene sensitive environments. It’s an innovative, forward thinking and consultative business that produces professional grade cleaning tools for international markets underpinned with a Scandinavian management style and heritage.
The UK Sales Team is close-knit, collaborative and professional. Reporting to the Head of UK Sales, the Area Sales Manager for the North of England, Scotland and Ireland will be instrumental in building and developing key relationships with end users and Distribution Partners across the North of England, Scotland and Ireland.
You will be part of an exciting journey with a well run, principled organisation that has a clear strategy for growth. As an Area Sales Manager you will have an important role in ensuring that Vikan maintains and develops its position as the preferred supplier and partner in the UK market.
Your core remit will include responsibility for driving customer satisfaction through value led key account management, delivering a high level of customer support and nurturing strong relationships with distribution partners and end users, new and old.
Your role will be targeted with key strategic deliverables and you will be tasked with growing sales in line with agreed budgets. The business has embraced market leading technology solutions which enable the Sales Team to engage with customers in new and innovative ways, allowing you to support end users of Vikan products with ground breaking service levels. Supported by colleagues in the UK and wider European markets, you will target new business opportunities in sectors such as Food & Beverage, Food Retail, Facilities Management, Healthcare and Food Service.
The business is looking for a forward thinking, technology savvy and data driven individual with broad Account Management experience in a B2B enterprise who is focused on delivering a value adding sales solution to customers. Experience from a similar or affiliated industry sector would be highly desirable, and must be complemented by well developed commercial acumen and the ability to nurture long standing, mutually beneficial business relationships.
You’ll need to be an accomplished negotiator with drive and ambition to succeed in a sales focused role as well as possessing first rate communication skills in written and verbal form. This is a field based role covering the North of England, Scotland and Ireland, so you will need a driver’s license and good diary management skills.
On offer is the chance to join a long established, well managed and principled business that supports leading organisations in multiple international markets. The Area Sales Manager will benefit from a competitive salary, a fully expensed company car, annual bonus scheme, pension and wider company benefits.
Application
Please send your application via Randstad sooner than later as we handle applications on an ongoing basis and will fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate.
Vikan develops, manufactures, and markets professional cleaning solutions that help keep food production and other hygiene-sensitive environments cleaner and safer. Recognised leaders in research and product development, Vikan has been setting standards in effective, durable cleaning tools and advanced services for decades. A profound knowledge of cleaning standards, methods and technologies, coupled with a unique model for co-innovating with customers, help make Vikan the clear leader in hygienic cleaning solutions worldwide.
Vikan has operated for more than 120 years and is headquartered in Skive, Denmark. Vikan is a global leader in the industry serving more than 90 countries and employing 250 employees in 9 countries. Integrity, Diligence, Ingenuity and Drive are core values in our company. Read more about Vikan online.
Randstad Business Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Business Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
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