Job title: Head of Sales

Contract type: Permanent

Percentage: Full time

Salary: Highly competitiv Basic Salary + attractive bonus

Location: Woking

Employer: Harvey Water Softeners

Closing date: asap

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Head of Sales

Excellent Head of Sales role for a fast growing Family run SME business. A head of Sales role with fantastic opportunity to progress your career further

About Our Client:

Harvey Water Softeners has an enviable reputation for being the UK's leading manufacturer of water softeners and is the only organisation of its kind making machines of their kind to be designed right here in Britain.
Manufactured at its purpose-built manufacturing facility in Woking, Surrey, Harvey Water Softeners builds all the softeners that are sold via its customer base in Britain; as well as those for export to 12 European countries.

Harvey Water Softeners is an ambitious family- run SME that was established in 1978 by the founder and Chairman, Harvey Bowden. Now with over 150 staff the organisation has tripled its turnover in the past 6 years.
Since 2001 it has manufactured and installed over 150,000 water softeners, and over the coming 2 years will invest £2.5 million in research and development to ensure that they remain the leading manufacturer in their field.

Having a highly skilled, dynamic and committed leadership team, entrusted with continuing to take the business forward Harvey Water Softeners offers unparalleled opportunity for career progression.

Due to their continued and sustained investment in their people, facilities and technology Harvey Water Softeners is an exciting business to join that can offer career and personal progression to the right Head of Sales.

Job Description:
As part of the senior management team the Head of Sales will lead the trade and reseller channels, which during the past 12 months have grown by 23% year on year.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering a strategy that will continue their strong growth across all business channels.
You will manage, develop and grow an experienced multi-discipline team of people.
You will liaise with manufacturing, operations and other internal stakeholders in order to continue to develop the best product range and service for your clients.
One of the main aspects of the position is to understand how to help and encourage Harvey Water Softeners' resellers through improved lead generation, marketing and sales support activities for these businesses.
You will also be responsible for managing a number of key accounts that require the highest levels of service from Harvey Water Softeners.
The organisation has excellent growth potential hence this position offering a key element of the organisation's overall business strategy in growing its UK business. You will drive sales growth by being a champion of the business, setting the highest standards and being innovative and adaptable in your approach to client's needs.

The Successful Applicant:
Ideally have a background in understanding multiple sales channels
Have a successful sales track record in managing a multi-disciplined team.
Be successful in building and developing existing relationships and proactively identifying new opportunities.
Have excellent numerical and analytical skills, a strong commercial understanding and be used to building business cases that demonstrate a clear ROI.
Be a self-motivated, entrepreneurial, ambitious individual with strong interpersonal skills.
(You must be commutable to Harvey Water Softeners Head office in Old Woking.)
Harvey Water Softeners is keen to meet with exceptional sales and management talent who can see the potential of the business and help them achieve it.

What's on Offer:
Excellent competitive basic salary for the right person.
Realistic and achievable bonus
Negotiable Benefits Package
This is a fantastic opportunity for the Head of Sales to become an integral part of a fast growing family run SME that is ambitious and committed to continued growth and financial success.

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