NEW VACANCY! (PK8605)
AREA SALES MANAGER - FOOD PACKAGING
EAST ANGLIA / EAST MIDLANDS
Salary: £45K + Benefits Package
Our client offers food packaging solutions to include punnets, trays, netting, lidding and flow wrap solutions to a wide range of major food producers across the UK and Europe. They currently require an Area Sales Manager to join their team to deliver a sales and account management service which exceeds customer expectations and ensures continued commercial success of the company.
This position is a mix of Business Development and Account Management role to cover a territory in the North of East Anglia and into the East Midlands; to include Peterborough to Norfolk, across to Bedford and up to Grimsby.
The ideal candidate will have a track record of sales of packaging or associated products into food grower / packer markets, other types of food processing will also be beneficial.
Responsibilities:
* To be responsible for a quality driven customer service within the territory, acquisition of new customers, territory planning, executing and monitoring of all measures necessary to guarantee achieving budget.
* Driving growth in the territory through active and constant customer selection and engagement, targeted sales approach, acquisition across the territory generating growth, plan and execute on a quarterly and annual business plan.
* Managing contracts and pricing agreements in the territory, working with the Sales Director to ensure this is within the desired company bands.
* Assisting quoting and report as and when required.
* The job holder is responsible for delivering key business goals through excellent team-working and self-coaching.
* Clear communication is key to success as the role requires regular dialogue with all business functions and customers.
Key Skills:
* Salesforce experience is useful but not necessary, any Excel or similar IT skills will be required.
* Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills.
* A good communicator, with good interpersonal relationship skills, throughout all levels of the company, suppliers, and customers.
* The ability to work both as a team player and on their own using their own initiative.
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