Regional Account Manager - FMCG - Food
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 19 Jul 2019
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Excellent opportunity to work with an expanding food business covering the North East, you'll be part of a passionate expanding sales team covering the North East.
Client Details
Our client is a national wholesaler, who are passionate about giving a good service and offering fresh produce to their customers.
Description
- Managing a portfolio of key clients
- Generating new business
- Attending training's and conferences about the products
- Reporting directly to the Sales Director
Profile
Proven track record of hitting and exceeding targets within a sales role
- Ideally some FMCG or consumer background although this is desired and not essential
- Experience negotiating pricing with clients
- Ability and experience of working in a face paced sales environmentFood expereince is essential
Experience of growing existing accounts as well as opening new accounts
- The autonomy to work on your own as well as part of a team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to influence
- Experience building structured sales activity
- High energy, motivated and tenacious
- Excellent presentation, communication and customer relationship skills
- Strong commercial acumen
- Ability to listen, adapt and work efficiently in a rapidly changing environment
- Naturally persuasive and hard working.
Job Offer
- Competitive Salary
- Excellent benefits
- Company car
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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