French speaking Regional Sales Manager

FRENCH SELECTION UK (FS)
French speaking Regional Sales Manager
Location: Woking
Salary: up to £65,000 per annum plus bonus (£100K OTE)
Ref: 734FG1

To apply using our preferred format, please visit French Selection website, go to the vacancies page, search job reference: 734FG1

The company:
Leading manufacturer with head office in Europe

Main duties:
Be responsible for developing relationships with distributors and merchants, managing and maximising business from existing accounts, and investigating new possibilities throughout the region

The role:
- Develop distributor and merchant relationships
- Manage and maximize business from existing accounts
- Investigate new business opportunities in the region
- Self-manage daily activities and appointments
- Maintain continual market awareness
- Promote products and attend exhibitions and seminars
- Act as the technical expert for queries from customers
- Extensive travel across Europe, assist with trade shows
- Train sales staff at distribution outlets and maintain stock their stock
- Collaborate with head office, catalogue managers and marketing managers
- Update or provide new point-of-sale materials
- Educate clients and building specifiers about products

The candidate:
- Fluent in French to business level (written and spoken)
- Additional fluency in German and or Dutch - strong advantage
- Proven track record in sales and account management
- Previous experience working with technical products with various applications
- Customer focused attitude and great personality is essential, along with a willingness to travel.
- Reporting to the Divisional Director, providing regular intelligence reports
- Have the drive and enthusiasm to succeed

The salary: up to £65,000 per annum plus bonus (£100K OTE)

French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.