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European Sales Manager
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Lead a European sales team, develop strategic customer relationships and help shape the next phase of Brook Taverner’s international growth.
This newly created role combines regional sales leadership with hands on account management. You will lead and develop a team of three to four sales professionals, personally manage a select portfolio of key corporate accounts and work closely with the Head of Sales to turn market insight into commercial growth.
Brook Taverner has been helping customers make the right impression since 1912. Today, it is Europe’s largest supplier of stock supported corporate clothing and a respected retail menswear brand, built on quality, service and value.
This is a visible leadership role for someone who enjoys setting direction but also wants to remain close to customers and the team. You will spend time in market, support important meetings, strengthen sales discipline and create a consistent approach across European territories.
The role
- Lead, coach and develop the European sales team through regular one to ones, field visits and practical support
- Join customer meetings to support conversion, resolve challenges and strengthen senior relationships
- Set territory targets with the Head of Sales and drive performance against agreed commercial measures
- Personally manage and grow a small number of strategic corporate accounts across key European markets, including France and Germany
- Identify opportunities for account growth, cross selling, new channels and market development
- Contribute to pricing, product positioning and go to market decisions
- Use sales, pipeline and market data to improve forecasting and identify risks and opportunities
- Build consistent sales processes, reporting standards and disciplined CRM usage across the team
- Use customer and competitor insight to inform the wider European growth strategy
- Travel regularly across Europe to support the team, customers and business development activity
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About you
- You will be an experienced sales leader with a strong track record of delivering growth across European or international markets.
- Experience leading, coaching and motivating a sales team
- A proven record of achieving targets and developing strategically important accounts
- Strong commercial judgement, analytical ability and confidence using data to make decisions
- The ability to move comfortably between strategic planning and hands on execution
- A proactive, visible and solution focused leadership style
- Strong communication skills and the resilience to work effectively across different markets and cultures
- Experience in corporate wear, textiles or a related sector would be valuable, although strong international sales experience from another industry will also be considered.
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Fluent English is essential. A European language would be a strong advantage. French and German would be particularly useful, while Spanish, Italian and other European languages are also welcome.
This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of a developing European sales function, influence regional strategy and combine team leadership with direct customer engagement.
For further information or a confidential conversation, please contact Andrew Gibson at Better Placed.
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