Job Title: Sales and Key Account Executive / New Business Development Executive – Food and Drink
Location: Berinsfield; Near Wallingford, Abingdon and Oxford (OX10)
Salary: Competitive
Position: Permanent, Full Time
The Company was formed in 2004 inspired by a passion for Spanish food and culture – this family run company is now one of the UK’s leading importers and distributors of high-quality Spanish foods.
Job Role:
Your focus will be growing existing sales through a combination of managing relationships with existing key accounts, increasing current customer orders, and bringing on board new customers.
- Work as part of the team to ensure the delivery of outstanding customer service, processing orders, invoicing and sales administration
- Outbound ‘warm calling’ in order to build relationships with existing customers and finding cross/upsell opportunities for these customers
- Introducing new catalogues and making sure that all customers are aware of new items that have launched
- Supporting Key accounts – Ensuring that these accounts are well looked after and supported whilst working to grow these accounts
- Outbound calling to lapsed customers to reintroduce them to the company and its products
- Nurture inbound leads and follow them through to secure new orders and grow these relationships
- Ability to use social media to promote the business and engage with customers
- Attending trade fairs – meeting new customers and following them up after the event
- Work to attract new customers using social media and other platforms
You need to have:
- Experience in a sales-based role
- Confidence and excellent time management skills
- Interest and experience in Food Industry (Preferred)
- Excellent communication skills
- Relationship building experience
- The confidence to present and influence customers
- Experience in planning and organising using a CRM to maximise opportunities
- Tenacity – willing to follow the sales process through from lead to conversion and follow up
- To be I.T. literate – including the use of Social media and LinkedIn
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience of; Sales Executive, Lead Generation Specialist, External Sales, Sales Person, Telesales, B2B, Sales Development, B2B Sales Executive, Direct Sales, Account Manager, Internal Sales Person, New Business Executive, Key Sales, BDM, Account Management, Lead Generation, Business Development Manager will be considered for this role.
