Account Manager (Food Manufacturers)
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, North East England
- Salary
- Up to £30000 per annum + bonus, car, benefits
- Closing date
- 12 Dec 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
My client now has a vacancy for an Account Manager (Food Manufacturers) to join their business. The Account Manager will directly manage large scale food manufacturers as well as distributors who are responsible for butchery and smaller manufacturers.
Client Details
My client is an international business within food manufacturing and production.
Description
As Account Manager (Food Manufacturers) you will be responsible for key account management and business development of existing accounts. Accounts include large scale food manufacturers, distributors and medium manufacturing sites. This is a field based sales role, covering a national remit. You will be required to be based in the North East England or Manchester and be flexible to stay away from home c.2-3 nights per week.
Please note there will be an extensive 6 months training/induction programme due to the technical element of the product. This will involve spending time throughout my clients business at different sites in the UK and Internationally.
Profile
The successful Account Manager (Food Manufacturers) will have the following demonstrable skills:
- Proven track record in account management and business development.
- Experience selling into food manufacturing sites would be advantageous but not essential due to full training being provided.
- Field sales experience.
- Excellent relationship management skills.
- Ability to negotiate and influence.
- Ability to communicate at all levels of an organisation, both internally and externally.
- Target driven, tenacious and proactive.
- Cost-aware.
- Self confident.
- Degree educated.
- Additional language as well as fluent in English would be desirable but not essential.
- Willing to travel nationally to accounts and spend nights away from home where required.
Job Offer
£30k basic salary + bonus, car, benefits package.
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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