Key Account Manager Foodservice Wholesale

Key Account Manager Food service Wholesale REWARDS:
Basic 49K-65K (OTE 75K) company car or allowance, laptop and company benefits LOCATION :
Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton, Bournemouth, Oxford, Swindon, Southampton Exciting new sales opportunity in Fresh Produce to the Food service sector THE COMPANY :
We are an established Food service wholesaler with a turnover of over £100 Million and a strong reputation in the UK. In terms of product range we comprehensively supply Frozen, Chilled and ambient lines, but also have a strong reputation for fresh produce. We are known for our strong quality of product and level of service. Our customer base spans across all of food service but we have particular success within travel, hotel, pub, leisure and restaurant sectors.

We are proud of our positive and team working culture and our supportive and experience management team. Due a successful last 12 months of training, we are seeking to add dedicated field based Food service Sales professionals to our team to support further growth with our existing customer base and add further new companies to our client portfolio.

THE ROLE:

This position involves responsibility for developing new food service business across the South West and South of the UK. You will targeted on bringing on multi site or large one site operators across a range of hospitality led areas including restaurants, hotels, contract caterers, pubs and leisure. Once you have brought these accounts on board you will be responsible for staff retention and further growth of these accounts through strong customer service and introducing in new products.

The role is field based by nature, but due to the strategic element of the role you will also be home based s is fantastic opportunity for a candidate with a fresh produce sales background ambitious for career growth and looking to work with a company with a positive culture. THE APPLICANT. We are open to speaking to candidates from Fresh produce to Food service wholesale background, excited by an opportunity to further develop their career in the sector.

Candidates must have a proven track record in Field Sales with Food service wholesale in Fresh produce. Candidates must be able to demonstrate success at winning business at buyer level. Candidates must be happy with travel as part of the role as well as working home based. Candidates must be effective team workers with a high activity rate and strong new business skills.