Title: Commercial Manager
Based: London with national travel
Salary: £42,000 (negotiable) plus bonus, OTE c£55,000, excellent benefits
The Company
A well established, ethical, collaborative and empowering company. Our client is a leading and long established events organiser employing over 200 team members across 12 global offices. They are committed to diversity and inclusion and embrace collaboration and empowerment.
The Role
A rare and exciting opportunity for a passionate salesperson from the professional foodservice equipment industry to enter into the world of events management whilst maintaining your links to the equipment sector!
- Promotion of key industry trade events to customers across the professional kitchen equipment sector including manufacturers, distributors and importers
- Sales of exhibition space and sponsorship packages
- Promotion of trade shows and their benefits to prospective and existing customers
- Support clients with information and advice on packages and solutions to ensure that their presence at the shows maximises the potential sales opportunities for their business
- Travelling nationally and meeting with customers to build up strong professional relationships and a full and detailed understanding of their business
- Regular presence at industry networking events to continually expand and support your network
The person
We are looking for a passionate and outgoing individual with a passion for the industry who is always looking for an opportunity. We would love to speak to candidates who can demonstrate:
- Proven knowledge of the Foodservice Equipment sector
- A passion for sales and networking
- Creative and strategic thinking with the ability to work under pressure
- Flexible to travel, this role will see you customer-facing with businesses across the UK for a minimum of 50% of your working week
- Self-motivated and performance driven, with a desire to achieve goals
- Skilled in objection-handling, negotiation and closing both over the phone and face to face
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Knowledge and experience of using CRM systems
The overwhelming number of applications we receive means that we aren't always able to respond individually. If your application has been successful, we will contact you within 48 hours to discuss the vacancy in more detail.
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