Regional Sales Director
- Permanent \- Full time
- BSS
- Location: Bristol, City of Bristol
Mon to Fri
Bristol
Reference: 52564
Are you a commercially driven sales leader who thrives on building high\-performing teams and winning profitable business? This is your opportunity to take the reins of a regional sales operation within BSS, part of Travis Perkins plc, and make a tangible impact on growth, margin and market position.
About the role
As Regional Sales Director, reporting into Cath Mullin, Regional Director, you will lead and develop a regional sales team to deliver sales and profit targets in support of the company and regional business plan. You will balance strategic leadership with hands\-on operational excellence, shaping the regional work winning strategy while building the relationships and team culture that turn opportunity into sustainable growth.
What you'll be doing
- Lead and engage colleagues in delivering an industry\-leading Stay Safe culture and new ways of working
- Lead and implement the Regional Sales Strategy
- Take responsibility for the effective management and direction of sales and profit through Account Managers, Technical Support, Regional Tender Office, Project Tracking, Hire, Industrial and QMS
- Prepare an agreed regional and individual branch/territory sales plan and manage the resources under your control to meet its objectives
- Proactively seek opportunities to continually improve processes and ways of working across the branch, region and business, maximising productivity and sharing best practice while maintaining a cost\-effective approach
- Provide input to the sales and profit budget and maintain a clear understanding of the market dynamics in your area
- Establish revenue and margin targets that are both ambitious and achievable
- Be a leader and role model through effective recruitment, development and performance management, setting clear objectives, work priorities and standards, and reviewing individual performance against these
- Take advantage of the opportunities that arise through customer requirements to maximise profit for BSS
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships between the sales teams, the BSS network and suppliers to maximise sales performance and customer potential
- Build a network of contacts and customer partnerships through regular contact at all appropriate levels
- Implement a defined account management approach for key customers to ensure all potential sales opportunities are fully exploited
- Maintain a high level of personal engagement with critical decision\-makers among top customers and suppliers
- Influence and challenge senior\-level stakeholders
- Collaborate and align with Regional Directors, the Managing Director and fellow Sales Directors to ensure a unified, joined\-up approach, contributing local and regional project intelligence to inform strategy
- Support the implementation of change activity across the business, including system implementation, process improvement and proposition development
- Continually evaluate commercial performance using data and KPIs, identifying risks and opportunities and using insight to drive improved outcomes
- Lead a performance culture, driving for high performance, addressing poor performance quickly and challenging average performance, while coaching and developing your team to be at their best
Essential
- Demonstrable sales record in an external sales role
- Experience of managing a target\-driven external sales team
- Previous management experience with the ability to lead, motivate and develop staff
- Commercial awareness and the ability to produce and interpret basic financial and statistical information
- Excellent relationship\-building, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate to a broad spectrum of individuals
- Excellent customer service skills
- Good organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise the work of self and others
- Good negotiation and coaching skills
- Knowledge of sales processes, with the ability to implement and manage a project tracking system and a successful quotation follow\-up system
- Ability to engage with and create a team ethos
- Ability to continuously challenge the status quo
- Passion, drive and initiative to succeed
- Previous experience at Sales Director level
- Good presentation skills
- Knowledge of company procedures and products
- Proven track record of delivering measurable improvement in a sales\-driven, multi\-site environment
- Analytical mindset and resilience
We reward our leaders well. Alongside a competitive basic salary, you'll benefit from strong bonus earning potential, enhanced pension contributions that increase with length of service, a company vehicle, family medical cover and much more.
You'll join a business that backs its people, rewards results and gives leaders genuine scope to shape their region. If you're ambitious for what your team can achieve and want a role where your commercial decisions make a visible difference, we'd love to hear from you.
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