Technical Sales Specialist (Food & Beverage)
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, North East England
- Salary
- £40000 - £45000 per annum + car, bonus, pension, benefits
- Closing date
- 26 Mar 2019
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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 a Technical Sales Specialist (Food & Beverage) to join their team. This is a business development and key account management role, selling into food and drink manufacturers throughout the North of England and Scotland.
Client Details
Packaging and labels sector.
Description
As Technical Sales Specialist (Food & Beverage), you will be responsible for business development and key account management, selling into food and drink manufacturers throughout Scotland and the North of England.
Profile
The successful Technical Sales Specialist (Food & Beverage) will have the following demonstrable skills:
- Proven track record in business development and key account management.
- Experience within packaging / labels / adhesives or managing food and drink manufacturers in a technical commercial setting.
- Excellent relationship management skills.
- Strong communication skills - verbal, listening and writing.
- Exceptional negotiation and technical solution based selling expertise.
- Great interpersonal skills.
- Self-motivated and able to work autonomously
- Flexible to travel and cover the region.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Candidate must live within patch - anywhere within North East England, Cumbria or Scotland.
Job Offer
Up to £45k basic salary + car + up to 20% bonus + excellent pension contributions, private health care and additional flexible 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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