Key Account & Business Development Manager (Food / Packaging )

Key Account & Business Development Manager (Food / Packaging ) ���������c65-75k Base + Bonus + Car

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As a key commercial account manager, you will manage a range of accounts across the UK in the Food / �manufacturing and food containers/ packaging / closures area. As an equally strong new business development manager �strong account manager and avid sales and business development executive you will be ensuring mainly by managing key current accounts but equally 50:50 also new business development and that you are maximising sales, enhancing margins and increasing business development for future business.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the sales targets, margin enhancement and profit projections within the realms of the UK customer base by ensuring product mix, pricing, standardisation and NPD


• Be the focal point for the management of �the company relationship with its customers, ensuring the relationship is proactive


• Prepare, maintain and develop the Key Account Plans and management of major customers


• Liaise with plants and customers about medium- and long-term sales forecasting, including the responsibility for customer forecast accuracy and management of slow


• moving stock


• Management of customer complaints in close liaison with plant teams, ensuring effective and proactive communication and resolution


• Management of various customer projects both with the customer and internally within the company


• Produce monthly sales reports and date on time in full


• Responsible for pursuing overdue accounts to ensure due diligence regarding working capitol


• Develop positive, proactive relationships across internal department


• Foster new customer engagement within the UK, and networking of targeted accounts, representing the company, increasing the current UK sales

Qualifications / Experience

• Experience of working in a commercial environment, ideally within a food or packaging, or food manufacturing industry.


• Evidence new business development


• Demonstrated success in achieving sales target


• High levels commercial acumen


• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to understand technical information and promote company products and innovations.


• Able to effectively manage and maintain peer and business relationships with a high degree of integrity and trust.


• Strong interpersonal skills; written, verbal and listening


• Proactive & enthusiastic individual with a self-driven and motivated attitude


• Able to effectively manage and maintain peer and business relationships with a high degree of integrity and trust.


• Strong interpersonal skills; written, verbal and listening


• Proactive & enthusiastic individual with a self-driven and motivated attitude


• Ability to travel as required with the role, up to 30% of the time

Salary dependent on experience Bonus: 15-20% | Holiday: 25 days | Pension: Employer 9% contribution; private medical Insurance; Life Assurance;

To Apply: Please contact Alison Basson, job ref ABJ7384 on (phone number removed) or preferably apply to�