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National Account Manager

Employer
Cavendish Maine
Location
Southern England
Salary
c£45,000 plus bonus
Closing date
19 Aug 2022

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

Job Details

Job Title: National Account Manager

Location: Southern England

Sector: Foodservice (Plant based food and ingredients)

Salary: c£45,000 plus bonus

Reference: CMT/85999

 

  • Our client is an established business who are focused on supplying plant based food products.
  • They have a very strong reputation as experts in this field.
  • Working with Chefs to build more plant based products into their menus with huge demand from the foodservice this sector they have grown year on year.
  • Having grown by 25% in the last year and a plan to reach £50M t/o in the next 5 years they are looking to grow the national account team.

 

Customer Base:

  • This National Account position will be focused the Contract Catering – this persons’ portfolio will include 2 large national contract caterers as well as a few smaller regional and specialist accounts.

 

Role:

  • Gaining listings and growth from the contract caterers in their account portfolio.
  • To achieve sales, this person needs to have both head office and Chef level conversations with the group and Executive Chefs employed by the contract caterer.
  • Identifying the contract caterers top sites, meetings with the Chefs, engaging them, bringing them to the head office development kitchen to meet their development chef.
  • Ensure these Chefs are comfortable ordering products that they want for their menus.
  • My client sells over 1,500 product lines, there is huge scope within existing customers to grow the amount of lines they purchase.

 

Candidate Profile:

  • To apply you must have foodservice sales experience and some knowledge of selling to contract catering.
  • You will be happy to have Chef level conversations as well as being comfortable presenting at head office.
  • Based in the South of the UK (from home) as most of the customer base is in Southern England predominantly London and the Home Counties.
  • This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast growing business with an enviable reputation in the buoyant plant based food sector.

 

Package:

  • Salary up to £45,000 plus bonus
  • Car allowance or a Company Car (hybrid)
  • 25 days holiday.
  • NEST pension scheme (5% employee / 3% employer).
  • Mobile and laptop.

 

Contact:

Craig Tindall

Reference: CMT/85999

 

Candidate Care:

By responding to this advert you consent to Cavendish Maine processing the personal data included within this application.

 

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 48 hours of receiving your application.

 

Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file for 6 months, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies.  If you do not want us to do this please call us to advise.

 

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.

 

 

Company

Established in 1991 Cavendish Maine is a specialist sales, marketing and management recruitment consultancy. Covering the whole of the UK, we work with suppliers of food and non-food products to retail, hospitality and leisure markets and our impressive client portfolio ranges from global brand leaders to fast growing private companies.

Our team is experienced, professional and knowledgeable and each consultant has a specific market focus. This means that we know our clients intimately and our candidates are well briefed and well prepared for all interviews. In addition we have one consultant who specialises in export and international roles and separate teams that bring the same recruitment processes to accountancy and financial services employers.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01275 813000
Location
Leigh Court Business Centre
Pill Road
Abbots Leigh
Bristol
BS8 3RA
GB

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