Export Sales - German OR French

Export Sales - Fluent German OR Fluent French

Location: Near Gatwick / Easy Commute From Horsham & Surrounding Areas

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 + Large Benefits Package including Free Parking

We are recruiting for an award winning business near Gatwick who are looking to recruit a multilingual EXPORT SALES professional with either fluent German OR fluent French.

You will enjoy working within this well-established company that has a first class reputation around the world for their highly regarded manufactured products.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone from an Export Sales or International Account Management environment to add genuine value to this growing company.

Accredited with 'Investors in People’, you will enjoy working within a business that really looks after its employees as well as its enviable reputation for doing things to a high standard.

If you’re an experienced, export sales professional or an ambitious, up and coming export account manager, then we would really love to hear from you so please APPLY TODAY.

Please note, you will undertake occasional travel within the UK and internationally OVERSEAS so you need to be a driver and possess a passport to be considered for this job.

You will be involved with the following types of duties:

• Communicate and implement pricing policy for existing export distributors, new markets and new products.
• Agree pricing, stock control, regulatory activity, sales and marketing initiatives, forecasts with each export distributor annually.
• Develop existing export distributors input/acceptance of annual forecasting and marketing strategy for each market and monitor and report on a monthly basis.
• Organise review meetings every quarter with key export distributors to monitor and discuss market activity as agreed as part of annual sales and marketing plan.
• Monitor distributor activity in relation to annual agreed objectives.
• Produce and circulate regular visit reports highlight key issues that will affect sales, production and product/communication activities.
• Monthly sales report production for inclusion in the sales and marketing departmental management and board reports.
• Build strong relationships and have regular contact with export distributors and market influencers.
• Aid organisation of and attend key exhibitions, distributor meetings and other key meetings as directed by the International Sales Manager in relation to the product portfolio.
• Assist in the writing and communication of annual sales and marketing strategy and budget.
• Attend internal and external meetings as and when required.
• Conduct product training and staff inductions where applicable, as well as to distributors.
• Identify trends and opportunities for new export markets and new product development.
• Work closely with all relevant departments to ensure successful delivery of information from all markets.
• Assist and support in the management of specified sales and marketing department projects as agreed with the International Sales Manager in line with the company’s objectives.
• Occasional travel within the UK and internationally OVERSEAS.

Essential skills & Experience required:

• Export sales experience with strong business management / account management skills.
• Multilingual with fluency in English and either German OR French.
• Able to use Microsoft Office to proficient level.
• Occasional travel within the UK and internationally OVERSEAS.
• Driving Licence & Passport is required.

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About You Recruitment is an Employment Agency. Due to the high amount of applications that we receive for each of our vacancies unfortunately we cannot respond to every application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our Recruitment Consultants then your application has not been short-listed for this vacancy.