Global Distribution Sales Director

Global Distribution Director / Commercial Director

British Manufacturer

Oil and Gas

Mechanical Engineering / Precision Engineering

Up to £150,000 Basic plus excellent benefits

Prospects to Global Sales Director position

Northwest Head office. International Travel.

The successful candidate could live in Chester, Warrington, Manchester, St Helens, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent, Stockport and surrounding areas.

Our client is a successful, profitable, privately owned manufacturing company that designs and manufactures high performance mechanical engineered components for customers worldwide. These customers are generally multinational businesses in safety-critical industries for applications throughout Oil, Gas, petrochemical and process industries. They are looking to double the turnover of the company in the next five years and are looking for a Global Distribution expert to grow and maximise revenue through their distributor sales channel. Their products are renowned across the globe, arguably the best in the World. You will assess what’s in situ and make their partners accountable, manage them and if necessary, appoint new partners. This senior role will also involve managing the internal sales and customer service teams in order to modernise and develop them to the next level.

The Role

You will take full responsibility for this market leading British manufacturers Global Distribution Network.

• Working with the Global sales team to enhance distribution performance
• Growth target breakdown for each distributor
• Appointing new distributors
• Global Travel visiting major distributors and end users
• Managing and updating distribution agreements - with KPI’s
• Developing and managing the internal sales and customer service teams
• Ensuring all service levels are met
• Managing performance and coaching of your team
• Pricing and Margin policies
• Support and train/coach distributors
• Global Key Account Management
• Assisting with big ticket Business Development projects
• Market intel and Product Development
• Attend global exhibitions
• Develop the CRM system
• Involvement in Marketing and PR
• Process improvement and business metrics
• Influence and improve all operational processes

The Candidate

• Inspirational Leader/ track record of developing teams both internal and external
• Extensive global distribution leadership
• Ideally sold to the oil and gas market
• Mechanical Engineering Products experience and/or a solid technical and industrial background.
• Outstanding commercial track record
• Able to collaborate, make decisions and accurately forecast
• Extremely Driven and persuasive
• You will have worked in manufacturing, you will be familiar with machining technologies, product control and IT systems development
• Competent with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Effective communicator, comfortable with dealing with customers and colleagues.

Please click on the apply button or contact Jonathan Sallis at Mercury Hampton directly. We aim to respond to all successful applicants within 48 hours, however if you have not heard from us within 7 working days please consider yourself unsuccessful on this application.