Senior Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, East Midlands
- Salary
- £35000 - £40000 per annum + car allowance, bonus, pension, healthare
- Closing date
- 24 Dec 2024
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
- Managing and growing existing customer accounts
- Developing account plans, managing client relationships and delivering proposals in line with business needs.
Client Details
My client is the leading school and nursery milk supplier to local authorities and early years groups, supplying free and subsidised school milk to children in pre-schools, nurseries and primary schools.
Description
- Managing and growing existing customer accounts
- Developing account plans, managing client relationships and delivering proposals in line with business needs.
- Proactive ability to 'network' where there are areas of opportunity - both autonomously and with direction
- Attending and representing the business at relevant events, sometimes consisting of multiple days
- Autonomously using systems to identify potential contacts, areas of opportunity
- Aiding retentions by minimising losses - acting as account manager for large groups and key accounts - being able to form and maintain relationships and using resource/colleagues to overcome problems
- Able to report and provide feedback at high level on key account/event activity
- Proactively present ideas and strategies that can drive the business forward based on experience
- Monitoring and keeping abreast of competitor activity
Profile
My client is looking for an experienced and passionate sales individual to join their team.
You will posses the following skills:
- Excellent communicator and able to engage with a range of customers and potential customers from LEA's, Trusts; Schools, early learning settings
- Excellent customer service skills
- You will be tenacious and keen to build on the excellent relationships with existing customers as well as increase our customer base
- You will regularly travel to meet customers face to face and have a very flexible approach to the short notice those interactions may require
- You will be an innovative and excellent team player
Job Offer
- Competitive package and benefits
- Opportunity to work for leading business within sector
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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