Key Account Manager - Aberdeen & Northern Territories
- Employer
- Vertical Advantage
- Location
- Aberdeen
- Salary
- £30000 - £37000 per annum + car + bonus
- Closing date
- 14 Oct 2016
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Key Account Manager
Aberdeen & Inverness (Northern Territories)
The organisation
This business is an iconic UK food brand with 95% household penetration across their market leading brands.
The role
As a Key Account Manager you are responsible for developing and maintaining a portfolio of existing customers throughout the Northern Territories to ensure the delivery of improved Gross Profit, Margin, Volume and Credit KPI's
Your key areas of responsibility will be as follows:
- Manage promotional activity effectively and efficiently
- Manage all technical and marketing aspects ensuring you meet your customer's needs
- Optimising profit through the effective management of business relationships
The person
To be successful in this role it is essential that you have the following experience/skills:
- Extensive field sales experience, ideally within food
- Strong influencing skills with an ability to adapt communication styles
- Technical understanding of ingredients
- Effective route planning skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong team-player ethos
If you are interested - please apply!
The Vertical Advantage Sales Team specialise in opportunities within Sales, Category Management, MS&P / Revenue Growth and Trade & Shopper Marketing. If this role is not right for you but you are interested in finding your next career challenge, please call on 0207 438 1565.
Company
Vertical Advantage have a rich history in sourcing within the FMCG and Grocery marketplace. We specialise in placing candidates in the mid to senior end of the market within Category Management, National Accounts, Marketing, Supply Chain and Logistics.
We guarantee comprehensive support and expert guidance through professional consultants with proven track records from industry. At Vertical Advantage we are proud of how accomplished our people are and how they have built exceptional networks over their time in the recruitment sector. It is these networks that will give you confidence to work with us.
Our first instinct is to search and this is ingrained in the fabric of our work. We leave no stone unturned to deliver exceptional people for exceptional businesses. Our way of operating suits today's working lifestyle where people are short on time and need to make hiring decisions based on seeing low numbers of high calibre candidates.
Vertical Advantage is a lean, flexible consultancy that works with our clients and candidates to find the right solutions for them.
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