Head of Client Acquisition

Head of Client Acquisition, £50,000 – £60,000 + Bonus, Newcastle upon Tyne

Edward Reed are looking to speak to a driven and ambitious sales professional regarding an extremely exciting and rewarding role based in the North East.

Our client is looking to recruit a Head of Client Acquisition as part of their continued growth strategy. This is a key appointment, developing a new but aligned revenue stream for the business. Managing a team of key professionals this role requires both thought and sales leadership ability with demonstrable experience in attaining the very best results.

Job Role:

• Lead, manage and promote the Customer Acquisition Programme.
• Steer the lead generation strategy and work with the internal marketing team to run dedicated campaigns to target the desired client profile
• Review performance and make improvements based on MI and Analytics
• Maintain existing and create new strategic partnership relationships and work with digital partners to further improve our Search Engine Marketing/Paid Search activity
• Develop, manage, and recruit into the team. Guiding them through the exam process and providing sales training/mentoring as part of an agreed development plan
• Work closely with our national management team to identify growth opportunities,
• Promote the Acquisition Programme and track performance working towards short, medium and long-term targets.
• Lead and project manage improvements to processes and technology

Experience / Qualifications:

• Solid managerial and leadership skills
• Strong sales and business development background with a proven track record of consistently achieving targets
• Experience in building teams and recruitment programmes
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience building value-based sales strategy and processes
• Ability to train and developing sales teams
• Demonstrable use of metrics driven sales management
• Experience in Financial Services is preferred
• Experience in lead generation and online marketing