Marine Sales & Business Development Executive

Location: South Coast – based from home, occasional visits to head office in Plymouth 

Company Description

SM Group (Europe) Limited (SMG), established in 1972, has grown to become the UK’s largest distributor of marine electronics. Offering technical advice, next day availability and after sales support on all major brands including Garmin, Raymarine, Furuno and ICOM. SMG also distributes over 50 other brands covering a wide range of marine, outdoor, watersports and fishing products and accessories including: Snowbee, Actisense, Avtex,, Maretron, NASA, Oxford, Railblaza, Scanstrut, Shakespeare, Toughprint and many more. 

What you will do: 

The successful candidate will play a key role in achieving sales targets through a combination of making outbound calls to potential and existing trade customers, visiting customers, building new accounts, and working with the Sales Manager to create and implement new strategies. 

• Managing sales projects on a weekly basis 
• Build relationships with key accounts 
• Processing orders efficiently 
• Professionally responding to customer phone calls and email enquiries 
• Increase sales by creating and implementing your own business development strategies 
• Leverage the CRM system to identify customers, product and sales trends requiring improvement 
• Represent SMG during customer visits, boat shows and other events 

What we are looking for: 

• 2 years minimum sales/business development experience 
• Commercial awareness 
• Well spoken with the confidence to meet business owners 
• Energetic, driven and creative thinker 
• Self-driven individual and also a good team player 
• Engaging telephone manner 
• IT literate to use Outlook, Word & Excel 
• Knowledge of the marine industry through work experience or leisure interests preferred but not essential 
• Applicants must hold a valid driving licence and be open to regular travel throughout the UK  

What we are offering: 

• Remuneration recognising experience and sales results including competitive base salary, sales bonus and company car or car allowance 
• 23 days annual holiday entitlement plus pension scheme 
• Regular sales and product training  

Application: 

To arrange an informal discussion, or to apply, send your CV and current remuneration to Angela Davis, angelaD@smgeurope.com