National Account Manager - Foodservice

Industry - Food

SALARY: £50,000 + Bonus & Car 

COMPANY / ROLE

Our client is a well-established organisation in the Food industry, the company supply a wide range of foods into Foodservice Accounts.

The company are now looking to recruit a National Account Manager to join their team. Candidates MUST have experience in the food industry, have a proven track-record in sales, business development or account management and has experience selling into the Foodservice side of the market.

Successful candidates will be hardworking, target-driven and looking to join a market leader within the industry.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sell more through mutually agreed sales plans
• Manage and achieve budgeted turnover and budgeted margins
• Undertake commercial negotiations
• Understand trading strategies

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Good communicator, both oral and written
• Committed and resilient individual
• Effective team player
• Commercially aware
• Able to build relationships quickly
• High influencing/ negotiating skills
• Results orientated
• Quick to learn
• Good planner and organiser
• Self-disciplined and higher motivated

SALES AND MARKETING

• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with customers
• Analysis and evaluation of market information to identify market trends
• Responsible for long term profitable development of markets
• Preparation of effective sales plans to engage target market
• Achieve agreed upon sales targets
• Actively seek out new sales opportunities
• Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities
• Prepare and deliver appropriate presentations on products
• Report on sales activities to management
• Build sales pipeline
• Analysis competition to create plan for engagement

For any info please contact thomas.mcglinchey@drnewitt.com or contact Thomas McGlinchey on 0161 833 0181