Global Distribution Manager / Commercial Manager

British Manufacturer

Oil and Gas

Mechanical Engineering / Precision Engineering

£70,000 To £90,000 Basic Plus Excellent Benefits

£100K OTE

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 whats 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 KPIs

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.