Area Sales Manager – Food to Foodservice

Location: Nanpantan

Work for a Food service company with fantastic culture in the workplace THE COMPANY :
Excellent opportunity to join one of the genuine market leaders and recognised brand names within the Food service sector. We are able to provide a one stop solution to the food service sector including Ambient, Chilled, Frozen, Fresh, Seafood and Meat produce. Our market leading reputation is based on combining quality produce with excellent levels of service. We currently service accounts across both the profit and cost sectors and our comprehensive network of depots enables us to successfully service clients from independent to national accounts level.

There are exciting and ambitious plans for growth and we are seeking to attract seasoned food service sales professionals to be part of this. We offer strong career prospects for successful professionals looking to develop their career within the Food service industry.

THE ROLE:

This role presents a strong opportunity at Key Accounts Business Development level across the region. Once successful in attaining the position, candidates will be responsible for developing new business opportunities across the North Norfolk area. Many of these strategic accounts will be with multi site catering operations including Hotels, Education, Healthcare and contract catering. Once these strategically targeted accounts are trading the Business Development Manager will be responsible for them short term investing further time on networking, cross selling and up selling with the client.

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with field sales experience and a passion for hospitality to join a growing and thriving company. THE APPLICANT. The successful candidate will be an established Field Sales professional, passionate about food and hospitality Will be able to demonstrate a strong background in Field sales. Will be engaging, with strong communication and relationship building skills.

Will have a thorough and organised approach to journey planning and conducting a sales call. Food service sales experience is desirable but not essential. If you have most or all of the above strengths then this role may present a fantastic opportunity for you with a company that offers an extremely good working atmosphere, strong realistic commission and career prospects for successful candidates.