Area Sales Manager | Colchester
| Company: | Pilgrim Foodservice |
| Location: | Essex |
| Salary: | competitive plus company car |
Location: Colchester/Ipswich | Hours of work: 40 hours per week | Days of work: Monday to Friday
About Pilgrim Foodservice
We are an independent, agile, family-run business. Our people embrace and embody our family values of trust, integrity, respect, and innovation. These values have helped us to build a proud history of forging loyal relationships with our customers. From our depot in Boston, we serve a diverse range of customers in 17 counties across the Eastern side of the UK. We offer more than 4000 products including butchery, fresh produce, chilled, frozen, grocery and non-food items.
We are ‘passionate about our people’, recognising that our teams, along with their drive and passion, are the reason for our continued success. This is your opportunity to join a forward-thinking, friendly, exciting business.
About the role
As an Area Sales Manager, you will be responsible for growing our business by building successful, long term customer relationships. You will be driven, engaged, and committed to generating profitable new business whilst maintaining high levels of competitor awareness.
Responsibilities will include:
- Maintaining and growing accounts.
- Identifying ‘features and benefits’ of all products and producing a compelling sell to a customer.
- Creating product pricing quotations and special price requests for customers.
- Developing and maintaining a good working knowledge of the new product ranges launched into the business.
- Working closely with the Regional Sales Manager to hone selling skills and to maximise effectiveness of ‘face – time’ with the customer.
The successful candidate will have:
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of managing customers’ accounts and gaining new business.
- Fantastic relationship building skills.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills to work effectively and deliver the company goals and vision.
- Genuine passion for food and excellent knowledge of the foodservice industry with the ability to apply this knowledge in ways that benefit our customers.
- Proven track record of going the extra mile for customers and drive business initiatives forward.
- It is essential that all applicants have a full, clean driving licence.
Perks of Pilgrim Foodservice:
- Company car, mobile phone and laptop
- Competitive salary
- Above statutory holiday entitlement
- Pension scheme
- Recommendation recruitment bonus
- Continuous training
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Staff discount
- Long service recognition
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company car
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday