Job Description
## Job Description\n\n \n\n Area Sales Manager – HomeField Based – Hampshire\n\n**Competitive salary, dependent on experience, plus bonus structure, excellent\ncareer development, company car, discounted products and services and much\nmore**\n\nHere at KFF, we have ambitious growth plans and are currently looking for an\nArea Sales Manager within our thriving foodservice business, looking after\nindependent customers. As an Area Sales Manager you’ll be responsible for\nwinning and maximising business opportunities within the Hampshire area.\n\nThis is a really exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on building long\nterm relationships working towards targets and you’ll love being out in\nthe field, WHILST having the opportunity to grow in your career, what are you\nwaiting for?\n\nSo, what will you be doing?\n\nYou’ll solely be responsible for the success of your own area by achieving the\nfollowing.\n\n * Research sales opportunities and prospects in your designated area, actively promoting and developing new sales opportunities both within existing business and also other businesses in the area to achieve sales targets and drive the KFF sales growth strategy.\n * Build and leverage strong customer relationships within your area through constant selling, face to face meetings, understanding the customer needs and maintain a high level of customer service ensuring customer satisfaction and retention.\n * Onboard new customers effectively & successfully whilst ensuring close working relationships with existing accounts and recording onto our CRM system.\n * Work closely with our distribution Centre and drivers to create a strong team working ethos.\n * Deliver profitable volume growth and hit targets\n * Monitor competitor and independent market activity around your area and propositions to ensure you are offering our customers the best solutions and insight from the biggest Foodservice provider in the world\n\nWe are looking for someone who has the ability to not only win new business\nbut also maximise sales through our existing customers. Ideally you’ll come\nfrom a Field Sales Account Management background and be commercially astute,\ntechnically proficient in excel with the ability to build and maintain\nrelationships.
Not to mention, you must have a passion for sales! It would\nalso be great if you had a food background, but this is not essential.\n\nIn return we offer a competitive base salary along with fantastic bonus\npotential, a homefield- based contract, company car, additional holiday\npurchase options to top up your annual leave and award- winning products at\nvirtually cost price. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to further\nenhance your skills through our industry leading Learning & Development\nprogrammes and with a salesforce of over 100 people, progress into a vast\nrange of commercial roles to really develop your career.