Business Manager - Based Milton Keynes Basic salary up to £75,000 depending on experience, company car, annual profit share, private medical with family cover, pension, 33 days holiday, laptop, mobile and excellent career development. My client is a cable and data networking product supplier for data installers for the enterprise networking market. They are now seeking an experienced Business Manager to lead their sales into the data installer market, and as such, you will have experience of working within this sector. As a Business Manager, you will be a self-motivated entrepreneurial individual with proven experience of maximising sales growth, operational efficiency, cost control measures, sales, margin, profit and loss. The long-term aim of this role would be to develop your career in General Management. As a Business Manager, you will be commercial astute, result orientated with a passion for success with experience of developing and nurture long-term relationships with customers and suppliers to secure new business opportunities whilst driving sales growth. As a Business Manager you will initially shadow, support and learn from established Business Managers within the wider group, whilst actively engaging and leading specific projects and at the same time gain an understanding of the overall business processes to eventually take full control of the Milton Keynes operation. Candidate Skills * Sales and Account Management skills * Excellent interpersonal, written, presentation and negotiation skills * Commercially astute, analytical and highly numerate * Inquisitive by nature to bring new development ideas and identify opportunities to “add value” * Proven leadership and people management skills * P&L (Profit & Loss) accountability * MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and use of CRM System Duties * You will develop and deliver the business’s sales and marketing strategy * Develop effective relationships with key customers * Take responsibility for product range extension, procurement, pricing, promotional activity and distribution development * Manage and appropriately direct and develop the skills of your team * Generate new customer segments to increase sales * Recruit and motivate talented personnel for the business * Look at the wider market to identify opportunities for new products as appropriate * Ensure safe and compliant H&S, Logistics and HR functions within the business * Represent the business on commercial issues with external bodies as appropriate