- Package
- Salary: £45K + Benefits Package
- Location
- SOMERSET / WEST MIDS / OXFORDSHIRE
- Sectors
- Disciplines
- Posted
- 26/05/2023
- Closed
- 23/06/2023
AREA SALES MANAGER - FOOD PACKAGING (Ref: PK7823)
NEW VACANCY! (PK7823)
AREA SALES MANAGER - FOOD PACKAGING
SOMERSET /WEST MIDS / OXFORDSHIRE
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 a Southern 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 South West & West Midlands of England, plus Wales. On a day-to-day basis the bulk of the work is undertaken between Birmingham, Oxford and Bristol, also looking after most of Wales
The ideal candidate will have a track record of sales of packaging, labelling 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 and 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.