Field Sales Controller Bakery to Foodservice

Field Sales Controller Bakery to Food service REWARDS:
Basic 58K-65K (OTE 80K) company car allowance, laptop and company benefits LOCATION :
National London, Birmingham, Oxford, Nottingham, Bristol, Southampton, Cambridge, Leicester, Manchester Excellent Strategic Management position with a Food service Market leader THE COMPANY :
We are a genuine market leader in the provision of bakery products to the food service sector. Over the last 30 years we have demonstrated rapid growth to enable us to provide full UK coverage to all areas of the food service 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 customers 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 food service sales we would be delighted to hear from you.

THE ROLE:

This position involves full responsibility for the management of the Field Sales team. This team comprises of 2 Sales Managers and circa 20 executives, all managing accounts within the Food service sector. You will be responsible for strategic direction of the team including performance management and in field training. The team will be focused on both retention and growth of existing accounts and new business, and you will work with the 2 sales managers to support success in both of these areas.

The account base predominantly includes food service outlets including hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, contract catering and leisure but could also involve directly managing a small team focusing on Food to Go retail. This is a varied and exciting role which, as part of it, may also involve directly managing several key National accounts. THE APPLICANT. We are seeking to speak to candidates with an established background in Food service Field Sales Management Candidates must have a proven track record in managing a Field Sales team within the Food service sector.

Candidates must have managed candidates who have been working to territory growth targets as opposed to KPI based activity. A background within Food service wholesale or bakery will be of strong interest Candidates must be passionate foodies with an energetic and driven approach to sales and man management. If you are a dynamic food service 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.