This will be a UK based role in Glasgow with some overseas travel.
We operate from a modern facility at Inchinnan, by Glasgow Airport, and have a very strong reputation in the market place, having achieved two Queen?s Awards for Export. Our current turnover is £10m, with plans to grow significantly over the next few years. We manufacture and maintain gas generators for the laboratory market and export 90% of our sales to approximately 75 countries. We have recently opened a number of overseas offices.
Reporting to the Marketing Manager, this new role will be responsible for:
? Establishing sales forecasts for both new and existing products
? Supporting Sales Territory Managers in growing the market share
? Meeting with customers to understand product requirements, validating product designs, support strategic sales activities
? Developing product requirement documents for new product releases
? Working closely with Sales, Engineering/ R&D to ensure all product decisions taken are linked to the commercial needs of the business
? Tracking business performance against forecasts, formulating new approaches and strategies as needed
? Identifying best practices to address key business challenges and opportunities and implement effective sales training
? Establishing market understanding, market segmentation, product positioning & channel identification
? Monitoring product growth and profitability and eliminating products that are no longer useful
? Conducting technical comparisons to supply for competitive positioning
Skills required:
? Experience in Product Management and /or Marketing essential
? Specific knowledge of Laboratory Market (Gas Chromatography)
? Excellent communication and analytical abilities
? Ability to work inter-departmentally
? Willingness to travel
? Customer focussed
? Results Orientated
The company is offering a competitive package and opportunities to develop with an expanding international company.
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