Do you work in the ingredients / food sector in a customer facing job? Perhaps you are already an Account Manager or Sales Executive looking for a move to a high growth company? Or you work in NPD or Technical and would like to explore a new commercial role – if so, MPLOY have a brand new opportunity as an Account Manager/Sales Executive. The role will be on the road / working from home with occasional visits to the company’s HQ in Somerset (twice a month) – so realistically you can be located within a 2 hour commute (or longer providing you’re able to make a bi-monthly journey to the South West). You’ll be maintaining Ingredients sales accounts and creating sales growth with existing customers, growing new sales opportunities for their Ingredients product portfolio, and be visiting customers and prospects in the UK and Ireland, as well as attending international trade shows and visiting trade partners (Passport and full DL required). You’ll be pivotal in ensuring continued flow of customer development projects for new sales opportunities is maintained and commercialised, as well as monitoring and supporting all Ingredients customers and their orders. Naturally the job requires a confident communicator who is able to represent the company and its’ products in a positive and professional manner. You’ll also interact with all internal stakeholders, and be commercially astute when it comes to negotiating contracts and margins, whilst also having the confidence to provide basic technical input on products when communicating with customers. The role is full time, hybrid working, and comes with a negotiable salary, car allowance and employee benefits package. It is an opportunity to join a high growth company with expansion plans in place, and to be a key component in their continuing success story. Their industry is hot right now, it is a great time to join. Please note we can only move forward with candidates who have ingredient sector experience, or similar food industry experience – the absolutely ideal candidate will have a food technology or food science related background (academic or employment based). Apply today – every application receives a response