PromoLingua

Salary: £50K

Location: Home plus extensive travel

Language: Spanish or Italian or French or Portuguese

Territory: United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece

Job Description:

The Regional Sales Manager will be responsible for accelerating Company sales by leading account development for strategic customers and partners in education, corporate, and government markets. Responsibilities include determining successful go to market strategies, identifying appropriate target customers and partners, and closing deals directly or through the territory sales team. This is a sales position and the successful candidate will have demonstrated success in both tactical ("carrying a bag" in a territory) and strategic (key or OEM accounts, partnerships, etc.) selling. Sales management experience is also a must.

This position reports to the Director of EMEA Sales and is a highly visible role. Besides strong sales skills, the position requires a solid business understanding, tactical and strategic thinking, effective communications skills (both oral and written communications), an uncanny ability to validate opportunities and interpret customer needs, and an unwavering drive for success. Integrity is also of the utmost importance.

The Regional Sales Manager will be considered successful at the end of the first year if:

• Strong, disciplined, highly motivated, results oriented individual. Ability to distill key information from a situation and act accordingly.

• Willingness and ability to travel extensively, if needed.
• Inspires confidence from all constituents (Company, customers, etc.)
• Must be a team player of unquestionable integrity.

• Experience with technology sales to OEM customers highly desirable.
• Start up and larger company successful experience: Demonstrated ability to operate in a hands-on, fast-paced environment and successfully grow with the organization while delivering on commitments.

• The Company has achieved strong sales growth directly attributable to the individual.
• Monthly backlog has increased and revenue predictability enhanced.
• Several large bids have been won in the education or government sectors.
• Company margin goals have been met.
• The individual has become an indispensable member of the team.

• Minimum 5 years combined experience in sales, business development and sales management. Recent product sales experience in one or more of the following required: computer hardware, computer peripherals, digital projectors, and/or flat panel displays.
• Proven track record with increasing level of success.
• Rolodex of relevant contacts of major customers, systems integrators, channel and infrastructure partners; including relationships with key education and government decision makers.
• Demonstrated ability to penetrate accounts and partners, navigate customer / partner organizations, get buy in at all necessary levels and departments, negotiate contracts, and close deals is a must.

• Experience with and understanding of interactive display technology and solutions highly desirable.