Area Sales Manager Your Way

Job Description

Your Way Area Sales Manager  - Homebased / Field Sales - Brighton

 

Competitive salary,  company car & home-based contract & Excellent Company Benefits 

 

We are expanding! Here at Kff, we have ambitious growth plans and are launching a brand new offering called ‘Your Way’ within our Independent Sales business.  As a Your Way Area sales Manager, you’ll be responsible for winning and maximising business in your very own dedicated neighbourhood of just one square mile.

 

KFF is a regional food wholesaler with around 270 colleagues based near Maidstone, Kent. We are part of Sysco, the world’s largest foodservice provider with over 65,000 colleagues globally. kff has a family feel with a close-knit team, supplying both fantastic local pub and restaurant customers as well as delivering direct to the caterer.

 

 

This is a bespoke opportunity, that no other business is currently offering! So, if you want to be part of something new and exciting, and you love being out on the field, WHILST having the opportunity to grow in your career, what are you waiting for?

 

So, what will you be doing?

You’ll solely be responsible for the success of your own local neighbourhood by achieving the following;

• Research your target audience and opportunities in your neighbourhood
• Build and leverage strong customer relationships with your local neighbourhood and community through constant selling, face to face meetings and understanding the customer needs
• Onboard new customers effectively & successfully whilst ensuring close working relationships with existing accounts and track activity using salesforce
• Work closely with your distribution partner/ driver for your neighbourhood to create a strong team for the community
• Deliver profitable volume growth and hit targets
• Monitor competitor and Independent market activity around your neighbourhood and propositions to ensure you are offering our customers the best solutions and insight from the biggest Foodservice provider in the world

 

It goes without saying that you are highly service focused, putting the customer at the heart of everything you do, having a passion and creativity when dealing with food. Providing the best solutions to support and enhance the customer’s business. Being creative with menu planning and designs, with ensuring the understanding of portioning control and finical costings. Tenacious and resilient you’re a self-starter with a drive and determination to succeed. You’ll need to be confident with the cold calling as well as face to face side of sales. Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload. Needing to be self-motivated to enhance your own development.

We’re not just looking for a good fit, we want people who help to make us even better. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to define it. Bring your whole self to work.

 

In return we offer a good basic salary, generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase more, pension plus huge discounts on award- winning products. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to further enhance your skills through our Learning & Development programmes.