JOB TITLE: Business Manager- Displays/Audio Visual

SALARY: £50,000 + £20,000 Bonus

BENEFITS: £5000 car allowance, Pension, Healthcare, Life Assurance, 25 days holiday, Death in service

LOCATION: Burnley 3-4 days in office

We are looking for an experienced Business Manager to manage the displays category for a leading IT Distributor based in Burnley. The role requires you to manage and lead a team of 5-6 Product Managers and Product Specialist, as well as manage the displays category. Vendors include Samsung Hotel TV, LG, Sharp NEC, Vestel to name a few. Your role is to manage the business planning and deliver on strategy and growth for the category. We are also looking for someone who not only has experience in the Audio-visual field but someone who may have also covered LED.

JOB SPECIFICATION: Business Manager- Displays/ Audio visual

As Business Manager- Displays, your role will be responsible for: -

Working with vendors to achieve jointly agreed deliverables and KPIs while creating, maintaining and growing relationships with existing and new vendors
Working with relevant internal departments to achieve targets, KPIs and joint business plans while adhering to Exertis best practice
Coaching and mentoring Product Specialists and Product Managers
Ensuring favourable terms are negotiated to ensure a profitable and efficient brand (including stock, payment and financial terms)
Leading QBRs and MBRs to assist with forward planning on next actions and development steps
Continually reviewing and measuring the team's inputs and contributions to the overall strategy through SMART objective setting and performance management
Identifying areas for development within the team, ensuring PDPs are in place to meet the needs of the team
REQUIREMENTS: Business Manager- Displays/ Audio Visual

We are looking for a highly commercial and experienced man-manager, someone who can lead the team.

You'll also need to have a strong background in either Audio Visual, Displays and/ or LED.

You'll be managing several key brands and driving growth for the category, so strong commercial skills are essential!

Knowledge of the category and market are also highly required. Someone from either an IT/AV Distributor, Reseller or onliner/retailer.

As you will be leading a team, we require someone who has good people skills, a strong communicator and an influencer who can lead from the front.

We are registered Disability Confident Employer (Level 1) and as such, we will ensure that individuals who have a disability are provided reasonable accommodation, to enable full participation in the job application and interview process.

If you have any such requirements, please do not hesitate to contact your consultant, Zoe Chatley. Her email is  she will be happy to action your requests.

KEYWORDS: Business Manager, Product Manager, Category manager, head of category, head of product management, commercial manager, Audio Visual, Displays, AV