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Sales Executive - Food Manufacturing

Employer
Eden Scott
Location
Central Scotland
Salary
£30k + car + bonus + benefits
Closing date
25 Oct 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
National Accounts, Sales

Job Details

Sales Executive – Food Manufacturing

Eden Scott are working in partnership with a family run food manufacturer based in Central Scotland. The business is very much a leader in their field, they supply high quality food products to the UK’s retail, wholesale and foodservice channels.

They have a dynamic close nit team that work very well together. The position is initially a new business focussed role, and there is a clear path of progression into a more senior sales position within the business. 

Responsibilities

  • The purpose of the role is to identify new sales opportunities and develop new accounts.
  • Ensure customer requirements are clear and understood feeding back to the factory all requirements and needs.
  • Work closely with the Production team in respect of customer requirements and with the Technical team in the management of customer complaints and technical queries.
  • Keep up to date with developments in the marketplace, including competitor activity.
  • To be a highly motivated individual delivering work to a high standard and able to work on your initiative.
  • To be well organised, a good timekeeper and able to prioritise work effectively with constant feedback to the necessary team.
  • Maintaining and building relationships with customers ensuring all customer requirements are adhered to.

Requirements

  • Excellent sales skills and experience. Ideally a proven track record of new business.
  • Knowledge of the food industry is a must.
  • Able to communicate & work with colleagues at all levels.
  • Proficient in IT and internal CRM systems.
  • Self-organisation and self-motivated.
  • Able to prioritise and effective time management.


This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to carve out an exciting career path within sales. The business has a fun and friendly environment where training and progression of staff is a priority.

There is a good salary, bonus, company car and good benefits package on offer.

Please send apply or send your CV to greg.carroll@edenscott.com 

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Company

Eden Scott are recruitment specialists for the Food & Drinks, Ingredients and FMCG sectors. Our talented and dedicated team operate UK wide placing commercial talent across a variety of channels including Food Service, Ingredients, Retail and Wholesale.

Positions including but no exclusive to:

Account Management
Brand Management
Business Development
Category Management & Insight
E-Commerce
Marketing - Digital, Shopper and Trade Marketing
New Product Development and Product Management
Sales Management
Technical Sales


And all Director and C-Level positions including Commercial Directors, Marketing Directors, Managing Directors and Sales Directors.

If you’d like a confidential conversation with one of consultants please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Alasdair Murray - Associate Director alasdair.murray@edenscott.com 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0131 550 1130
Location
26 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH2 1AF
GB

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