Sales & Marketing Director

Role Overview:
**In a Nutshell**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sales & Marketing Director to join our team within Vistry Merseyside & Cheshire West, at our Warrington office. As our Sales & Marketing Director, you will manage the designated business unit’s sales and marketing function from land purchase, pre-development, to handover. Ensure targets are met in terms of sales, profitability and the highest levels of customer satisfaction while maintaining the company’s standards for customer care, safety, and quality.

**Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you**
- Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
- Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
- Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
- 2 Volunteering days per annum
- Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
- Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
- Share save and share incentive schemes
- Employee rewards portal with many more benefits

**In return, what we would like from you**
- Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality
- Significant experience in new homes sales, with business unit responsibility
- Experience in a leadership role with a significant sized team
- Proven ability to meet and exceed sales target
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders across different disciplines
- Experience of financial management of a significant budget
- Experience of inputting into the land purchase process
- Excellent IT skills and proficiency with MS Office
- A good understanding of the sales and legal process
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills
- Able to produce accurate work, in a high pace environment
- Business and commercial awareness
- Ability to add value, by looking to opportunities to increase revenues where appropriate
- An inspirational leader and strong team player, with the entrepreneurial ability to operate and excel in a changing and rapidly growing environment
- Gravitas and profile to lead at a senior level and able to demonstrate the ability to influence change and build strong financial management within the business
- Strength of character to make their voice heard as part of a strong board of directors
- Able to communicate effectively at all levels within the business
- Willing to work weekends as and when required by the business
- Full UK Driving License with a willingness to travel to all marketing suites, including regional office, within the division

Desirable
- 5 GCSEs / GCE including Mathematics and English (at C grade or above).
- A management / leadership qualification
- Experience in a leadership role with a national housebuilder
- Experience of reporting at Board level
- Experience of working with affordable housing partners
- COINS Experience
- Experience of effective use of dual branding

**More about the Sales & Marketing Director role**
- Lead, motivate, communicate with, develop, and appraise staff to ensure they are fully motivated to achieve best performance
- Manage the team to help achieve agreed KPI’s, such as time from reservation to exchange, solicitor referrals, sales per outlet and cancellation rates.
- Create and maintain a positive ‘can-do’ sales culture that is focused on success and providing excellent service.
- Guide the creation of marketing strategies
- Responsible for generating and managing sales leads from marketing activity and closely monitoring conversion rates.
- Ensure the sales department plays an active part in ensuring the business unit maintains NHBC 5* status.
- Lead, promote & monitor performance, and compliance of the Customer Journey.
- Comply with responsibilities as laid down in the Group’s Health & Safety Policy in order to ensure a safe environment for sales department employees and for customers.
- Work closely with the construction, commercial and finance teams to ensure company standards are maintained, and target legal completions achieved
- Actively promote best practice throughout the region, including setting budgets, minimising risks, maximising opportunities, setting and achieving targets, and seeking to positively influence the progression and growth of the region.
- Effectively managing the region’s marketing budget to ensure costs are controlled and revenue is maximised, driving the regions operating profit
- Keep up to date with competitors’ activities and initiatives and customer trends
- Provide accurate and timely reports to senior management on the region’s performance and local competitor activity in order to facilitate a pricing strategy that maximises the regions and company’s profitability
- Prepare papers for inclusion in the regions board pack, present current issues at Board Meetings and be involved in discussing and influencing all aspects of the business
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