Sales Manager

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an experienced Sales Manager to join an innovative, forward thinking and rapidly expanding company in Chester.

The International Sales Manager will be responsible for driving revenues across a portfolio of specialist products. The role will involve working with existing clients and generating new business from prospect companies who wish to benefit from exposureof the highly targeted audiences that our client’s portfolio delivers.

The International Sales Manager will be capable of selling to and then project managing multiple customers through to successful delivery, no matter what the platform (print, digital, or live event).

Salary - ?£24,000 - £27,000

Hours of work - Monday - Friday hybrid working - flexible hours - 35 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced sales professional to further develop their knowledge and expertise in a company which is enabling client connections 24/7

**Responsibilities**:

- Drive portfolio revenues across their allocated brand.
- Actively promote and sell opportunities to new and existing clients.
- Prepare strategic and comprehensive, need-based, campaign proposals.
- Schedule meetings with prospects
- Generate a strong continuous pipeline of prospects for multiple products and close business.
- Oversee delivery of sponsorship packages at live and digital events.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders and necessary departments within Rapid News to deliver on client expectations.
- Forecast and report revenues clearly on a monthly basis.
- Maintain high levels of outbound prospecting and contacts.
- Develop new business through effective and planned prospecting.
- Support promotional strategies aimed at increasing revenue.
- Effectively analyse and identify client needs and growth opportunities.
- Gather pertinent detailed client information to support an Operations team
- Research competitor offerings and react when appropriate
- Maintain close contact with clients delivering excellent customer service.
- Attend key exhibitions and meetings in UK and overseas as necessary to develop business opportunities.

**Essentials**
- Must have experience selling B2B internationally
- Highly motivated, self-starter.
- Documented history of professional and academic over-achievement.
- Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and desire to measurably impact results.
- Excellent written and verbal communications/presentation/reporting skills.
- IT skills - Word, Excel, web research, database packages.
- First class Powerpoint/Keynote presentation building skills.
- Team player with ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
- Impeccable organisation across multiple complex projects.
- Must be commercially aware.
- Demonstrable experience of working under pressure.
- Excellent people and management skills to interact with staff, colleagues and cross-functional teams, and third parties
- Education: Degree level or equivalent in Business or Marketing an advantage.
- Travel: Overnight travel in UK and overseas will be expected in this role.

KEYWORDS: sales, business development, B2B, marketing, international

Unfortunately due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven’t contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and consideredfor all future vacancies.

We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.