Sales Account Manager Food & Drink Jobs

Account Manager - Ingredients Alexander Steele are working in partnership with one of the UK's leading Food Ingredient Companies providing value added food solutions across the Retail & Foodservice marets. The company has a genuine passion & commitment to creating market leading & innovative food solutions which has led to significant Year on Year growth. We are looking for an Account Manager to deal with Industrial B2B Clients across Savoury, Meat & Poultry.. What’s on offer: The role offers hybrid working. The office is based in the South East area 1 x per month £40-55k + Company Car / allowance + bonus + benefits The role: Managing the relationship within a designated portfolio of customer accounts by understanding their capability and the specific requirements of their markets and products. Responsible for identifying and developing sales opportunities within your account portfolio. Responding to briefs to carry out new product formulation and existing product optimisation. Lead internal and customer trials, product presentations, facilitating communication with relevant departments and being the primary point of contact for all projects, issues or concerns. Support internal departments with investigations, complaints, quality issues relating to your customer portfolio. Have a full understanding of company’s capabilities and knowledge of production and quality standards, whilst understanding the strategic aims of the business. The ideal candidate will ideally: Have proven experience of success in the UK Ingredient industry. An entrepreneurial approach by communicating clearly the opportunities from customers to the cross functional teams within the business Be highly professional and an effective communicator Be a great team player, with excellent interpersonal skills Be well organised, self-motivated and able to work independently Have good presentation skills, able to present, negotiate and persuade effectively Be able to handle and prioritise a large number of accounts – ability to multi-task A level of technical and development understanding in savoury ingredients Be able to develop a relationship across many departments within the customers; from NPD, purchasing, marketing, commercial and at senior levels within the business Be personable, enthusiastic, positive and articulate, able to get on with all manners of personalities. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to be registered with us in accordance to our T&C’s/Privacy Policy. If you would like to find out more about this great opportunity, please apply with your most recent CV or contact me: sam.gilmour@alexandersteele.com or call Sam Gilmour on 07391 890 653