National Account Manager (Channel Manager) – Bakery to Foodservice

PH1332 – National Account Manager (Channel Manager) – Bakery to Foodservice

 

REWARDS:  Basic 40K-50K (OTE 55K) company car allowance, laptop and company benefits

LOCATION: National - London, Birmingham, Bristol, Oxford, Southampton, Cambridge

Aspirations to further your sales career with a genuine market leading foodservice specialist?

THE COMPANY:

We are a genuine market leader in the provision of bakery products to the foodservice sector.

Over the last 30 years we have demonstrated rapid growth to enable us to provide full UK coverage to all areas of the foodservice market place.

We provide bakery solutions including bread, patisserie, breakfast products and speciality bakery products.

Our comprehensive range enables us to provide a one stop solution to cover all areas of our customer’s menus.

Our established client based covers both profit and cost sectors and includes leading hotel chains, education, local authorities and fine dining through to local coffee and sandwich shops.

Due to sustained growth we are seeking to add further personnel to our dynamic, successful sales team throughout the UK.

We pride ourselves on having all of the benefits of a corporate employer combined with a family company feel to our value of all of our employees.

If you feel that this may be the right challenge for you within foodservice sales we would be delighted to hear from you.

THE ROLE:

This is a unique and exciting position that offers so much more than a traditional National Account Manager role.

You will be required to manage and develop relationships with our major accounts within Hotel and Leisure sector at buyer level.

However, you will also be leading the way internally within this channel and working closely with NPD, Marketing and regional members of the sales team.

This will include providing insights for product development within the sector, initiating marketing campaigns and then subsequently rolling out these promotions on a National basis.

We see this role as a pivotal position in managing and developing a channel within our business and offers fantastic personal development and future career prospects.

THE APPLICANT.

We are seeking to attract candidates who are passionate about food and hospitality and have experience at managing accounts at buyer level.

• Candidates must have experience in managing Foodservice end user accounts at buyer level.
• Candidates must be passionate about excellent food product and of a foodie nature.
• Candidates with a drive to progress within National Account sales will be of strong interest
• Candidates must have a flair for involvement in NPD and Marketing initiatives.

If you are a dynamic foodservice sales professional seeking to develop your career with a market leading manufacturer then please forward your CV to me directly to the email address below.

All applicants send CVS to paul.haworth@midas-selection.com