Senior Client Manager - Drinks
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- North West England
- Salary
- up to £30,000 DOE
- Closing date
- 13 Oct 2019
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Do you have a passion for food and drink? Ever wonder what makes a brand successful? Or what drives consumer drinking habits when they go out to pubs, bars & restaurants?
If so then we have the opportunity of a lifetime to work for an amazing company with phenomenal data & unrivaled expertise who are passionate about helping their partners succeed within this specialist marketplace.
They are looking for a Senior Client Manager to work closely with some of the world’s leading drinks brands. Managing a portfolio of world renowned clients, you will be required to build and maintain relationships. As market expert, you will identify, propose, upsell & implement the most appropriate projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop a small but expanding team of account managers
- Nurture existing, and build new, client relationships to improve peer-to-peer partnerships
- Be the primary point of contact for customers and manage the project delivery team in house
- Understand your customers to the degree that you can recommend other CGA services in a credible, consultative manner
- Business development with warm leads across the food supplier market
- Live, love and breathe this sector
Skills
- Organized, ambitious, hardworking and up for a challenge
- Able to show a track record of managing and growing business to business relationships
- Able to work to ambitious targets and tight deadlines whilst maintaining strong service levels and attention to detail
- Experienced at managing projects and delivering client briefs from cradle to grave
- An excellent communicator with strong presentation skills
- Passionate about getting to the real story underneath market data, and able to turn that into something valuable for your customers
- Ideally some experience in the field of market research, business intelligence or consultancy, although this is not essential
- Ideally some knowledge of the foodservice market, including wholesalers, suppliers & products
- Passionate about the drinks industry and the brands within it.
- Willing to travel
You must be,
- Educated to degree level but most importantly have a passion for food and drink
- Great at building relationships with both clients and colleagues
Salary – up to £30,000 doe
Bonus – up to £4000 annually performance based
Perks - Generous Holiday Allowance, NEST Pension, Holiday Buyback Scheme, reduced summer hours, employee benefit portal offering you savings on high street stores and wellbeing packages.
Company
D R Newitt are Food, Drink and FMCG recruitment specialists providing permanent and interim recruitment services:
We offer Headhunting, Search & Selection and Advertising services across the following disciplines:
• Sales
• Marketing and Category
• Executive
• Supply Chain / Buying
• Technical / Quality
• NPD / Process / Development Chefs
• Operations / Manufacturing
• Engineering
• HR and Finance
To enquire about a specific role or to have a confidential discussion about your career path, call or email us:
- Edinburgh Office 0131 226 5060
- Manchester Office 0161 833 0181
- Website
- http://www.drnewitt.com/
- Telephone
- 0131 226 5060
- Location
-
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom
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