State Manager

**Job no**: 494729
**Work type**: Full Time
**Location**: Dandenong South
**Categories**: Sales
- High impact leadership role within in a large multinational distribution business.
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a large sales team to exceed targets and drive revenue growth.
- Join a supporting and dynamic team in a certified ‘Great Place to Work’ organisation.

**WHY BUNZL?**

As one of the world’s largest providers of distribution and outsourcing services across the Facilities Management, Food Processing, Industrial Safety, Hospitality, and Specialist Healthcare sectors, the opportunities we provide our global team of some 22,000 talented people are endless. Ours is a culture of bringing out the best in people and we do this with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, a firm commitment to training and development, and dedicated leaders who believe that every day is a new day to see new opportunities.

Bunzl walks the walk when it comes to investing in our people, with a strong track record of training and development as well as internal promotions and continual learning opportunities.

**YOUR ROLE**

Reporting to the General Manager Sales, the objective of this role is to lead Bunzl’s **Victorian and Tasmanian Branches** to deliver revenue and margin growth, whilst driving a strong safety culture, and manage financial performance with full P&L accountability.

You will direct the design and implementation of sales plans to drive profitable growth in both a hands-on capacity and by optimising the performance of our highly talented and large team.

You will use your well-honed leadership skills to bring the team together, influence key people both inside and outside the business, and engage directly with prospective customers to bring on new business.

**ABOUT YOU**

Crucial to your effectiveness in this role is your previous success in sales and leadership, managing a business or branch, ideally within a Healthcare, Hospitality, Facility Management or Processor and Industry related business.

You have strong attention to detail, great relationship and people management skills, demonstrated success in creating an enthusiastic and successful sales team, well-honed communication skills, a sense of urgency, a commitment to high levels of customer service, and the desire to excel at what you do.

As a genuine professional, you are naturally customer-focused and results-driven, and you understand that the success of the team is greater than the success of the individual.

Your ability to develop and implement strategic plans designed to increase market share and gross margin will see you build value for our organisation. Desirable to have managed a > 100mil AUD sales revenue portfolio before.

**BENEFITS**

At Bunzl we believe that everyone counts and back this up by offering a broad and flexible range of benefits to our team with something for everyone.

Some of these include profit share, study assistance, community support programs, and access to a significant discount program for everyday shopping and household items through Perkbox.

**WE BELIEVE**

With an entrepreneurial spirit providing endless opportunities, we believe that together we can achieve anything. We believe that through diversity we build strength and stability and that the safety and security of our employees are not negotiable. Through innovation, we find solutions, with an entrepreneurial spirit providing endless opportunities, and we believe that together we can achieve anything. Investing in our local communities is the right thing to do, and here in APAC that investment is creating a sustainable environment for us and those who follow.

**WE WELCOME ALL**

At Bunzl we believe that through diversity we build strength and support the principle of equality and diversity in employment. We oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. We believe that it is in the company’s best interests and those of all who work in it, to ensure that the human resources, talents, and skills available throughout the community are considered when employment opportunities arise. If you have a disability or special need that requires support or adjustments to working or interview arrangements, please let us know.

**APPLY**

At Bunzl, we believe that when you join our team, your potential is endless. Because at Bunzl we believe in you If you like the sound of this, then we want you on our team.

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No Agencies, please.

**Advertised**: 20 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 28 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time