Area Sales Manager - Fruit / Produce Packaging (Ref: PK8894)

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AREA SALES MANAGER - FRUIT / PRODUCE PACKAGING

SOUTH EAST / EAST ANGLIA

Salary up to £50K + Benefits Package

Our client offers food packaging solutions to include punnets, trays, netting and lidding 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 South East and East Anglia, to include travel down to and along the South Coast.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of sales of packaging or associated products into soft fruits & food grower / packer markets primarily.

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.