Job Description

International Sales and Marketing Assistant

£25,000 per annum

Do you have a passion for sustainability and eco-friendly businesses?

Want to work in a great atmosphere and modern offices?

Are you looking for a company where you can progress and have the opportunity to join at an exciting point in a company's story?

Brook Street are delighted to present an exciting opportunity to work with a rapidly growing and ethical research and development company who specialise in the marketing of sustainable and eco-friendly natural ingredients for the cosmetics industry. Our client, based in a state of the art business park, is looking for an innovative and passionate Sales professional who speaks fluent Spanish, English, and ideally also French.

Who's right for the job?

Educated to degree level and speaking fluent French and Spanish, you will need to demonstrate good communication skills with the ability to sell, working within a team to deadlines in a fast-paced environment. You should be adaptable, quick to learn and comfortable with tasks ranging from directly supporting distributors through webinars or visits to administrating the sales data in order to monitor distributor progress.

You will be enthusiastic and motivated to drive positive change forward, whilst emulating our client's core values and brand. Additional required attributes include:

• A degree in Business Management, Sales, Marketing or Chemistry
• Fluent Spanish and preferably French speaker
• Some international sales experience is preferable but not essential
• A good eye for detail as well as being thorough and accurate
• A keen interest in the beauty and personal care industry
• MS Office skills and experience of using a CRM system
• Strong personality and able to communicate effectively
• Well organised with the ability to produce timely reports and sales analysis
• Be comfortable with an office-based environment with a small number of overseas visits

About the job:

Our client is looking for an International Sales and Marketing Assistant to support their Head of Sales in expanding sales to their global distributor network and their customers, and to be accountable for delivering sales targets for a group of distributors.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• To achieve annual sales targets
• To support Spanish, French and some English-speaking distributors
• To understand the knowledge necessary to service technical questions surrounding our client's cosmetic ingredients
• To attend International Exhibitions either on our client's stand or with a distributor.
• To administrate sales data monitoring product and distributor progress and provide monthly management information
• To interpret market intelligence to improve our client's sales and product positioning
• To interact with the marketing department in planning sales campaigns
• To liaise with logistics in ensuring customers' orders reach them in a timely fashion

What's in it for you?

In return you will be offered a solid base salary of £25k in addition to an end-of year company profit share (from 2nd year of employment onwards). You will be given great career and progression opportunities as well as 20 days holiday + bank holidays (increases after 2 years). You will get to work within a modern open plan office with excellent on-site facilities, free parking and within close proximity of a great local pub! The team are a friendly bunch and enjoy social events.

Let's get started!

This is a permanent full-time position with a start in January 2019 or as soon as possible after this. This would suit someone who has worked previously in an international sales role, who is fluent in English, French and Spanish who has a passion for sustainable living/beauty and healthcare and building an strong business relationships.

If you are interested in the role and looking for work it would speed up your application process if you completed an online registration with Brook Street as soon as possible via the following link: https://www.brookstreet.co.uk/account/registration.aspx. This registration will need to be completed to progress your application for this role or any future roles you apply for.

For more information, please contact Ben at Brook Street on 02380 224139 or send your CV to Ben.Grice(at)brookstreet.co.uk.