Regional Account Manager - Alcohol
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £32000 - £35000 per annum
- Closing date
- 27 Jun 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Excellent opportunity for an on trade regional account manager - Alcohol to join an expanding alcoholic drinks business.
Client Details
Our client is a world class, award winning, market leading company specialising in wines, beers and cider. They have over 15 years of experience and have a well-known list of suppliers. Due to the amount of success they have had over the years they are focused on ambitious growth plans and expanding their team as they are looking to recruit for a Regional Account Manager.
Description
The Regional Account Manager - Alcohol will be responsible for the profitable management of the full product portfolio across the on-premise customer base. This role will allow you to grow within the business as a Regional Account Manager and work closely with National Sales Managers gaining experience and exposure to the drinks industry.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop and execute channel and customer specific plans aligned to the on premise channel objectives
- Achievement of targeted volume and gross margin
- Build and maintain strong customer relationship
- Manage all areas of the customer relationship; working to maximise the potential through existing customers whilst increasing share within the channel by securing new quality distribution and business
- Provide channel and customer forecasts ensuring that accurate forecasts are completed on a timely basis
- Ensure that credit control policies are strictly adhered to
- Proactively assess, clarify, and validate customer requirements and satisfaction by engaging key customer accounts
Profile
The successful Regional Account Manager - Alcohol will need to have sales experience, demonstrate literacy and numerical skills. Have a solid understanding of the on-premise market place. Be able to prove that you're a strong negotiator who is results-focused. Be excellent with communication, interpersonal and presentation skills. Along with some Account Management and P&L responsibility in relevant channel/sector. As well as being passionate about the drinks industry.
Job Offer
£30,000 - £32,000 Basic Salary + Great Benefits
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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