Job Description
## Job Description\n\n \n\n**Area Sales Manager - Homebased Field Sales - LondonSt\nAlbansWatfordStevenage**\n\n**£Attractive+ with bonuses, company car & home-based contract**\n\nKFF is a regional food wholesaler with around 270 colleagues based near\nMaidstone, Kent. We are part of Sysco, the world’s largest foodservice\nprovider with over 65,000 colleagues globally. kff has a family feel with a\nclose-knit team, supplying both fantastic local pub and restaurant customers\nas well as delivering direct to the caterer.\n\nAt KFF, we’ve are recruiting for an ambitious Area Sales Manager.
You will be\nresponsible for achieving the Sales targets within a defined geographical\narea. This will involve selling a range of chilled, ambient, and frozen\nproducts from our KFF range. Area Sales Managers are expected to generate\ntheir own opportunities and develop business in both existing and new business\nsectors.
You will report directly into the Regional Sales Manager.\n\n**Key Accountabilities**\n\n * To exceed both sterling sales target and the company profit margin target.\n * Maximize business for the company through existing customer base using intelligent and efficient call coverage.\n * Generate own new business opportunities with customers matching KFF’s target profile.\n * Track daily, weekly, and quarterly performance against agreed KPI’s and targets.\n * Make sure all administration is up to date and acted upon.\n\nIt goes without saying that you are highly service focused, putting the\ncustomer at the heart of everything you do, having a passion and creativity\nwhen dealing with food. Providing the best solutions to support and enhance\nthe customer’s business. Being creative with menu planning and designs, with\nensuring the understanding of portioning control and finical costings.\nTenacious and resilient you’re a self-starter with a drive and determination\nto succeed.
You’ll need to be confident with the cold calling as well as face\nto face side of sales. Strong time management skills with the ability to\nprioritise workload. Needing to be self-motivated to enhance your own\ndevelopment.\n\nYou will also need the ability to create great results from a sale’s driven\ncareer.
PC literate with all Microsoft packages, specifically excel. An\nexcellent understanding of the principles of a start to finish selling process\nalong with exceptional customer service skills. Whilst a desired experience of\na minimum 2 years of sales in the food sector would not be essential.\n\nWe’re not just looking for a good fit, we want people who help to make us even\nbetter.
We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates\nand values diversity. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to\ndefine it. Bring your whole self to work.