Foodservice Key Account Manager
Type: Permanent
Reference: 225790468
Job Description:
Key Account Manager - Foodservice
Location: Basingstoke & Surrounding Areas OTE: £55,000 + Excellent Benefits Package
We are recruiting a Key Account Manager for a large, leading foodservice business.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious sales professional to join an established organisation, with responsibility for developing key accounts, winning new business and securing major contracts.
The role is split 50/50 between account management and new business development.
The Role
- Manage and grow existing foodservice accounts.
- Identify, develop and secure new business opportunities.
- Build relationships with major purchasing groups and GPOs, including Consortium, Avendra and Integra.
- Negotiate and secure large-scale contracts and supply agreements.
- Sell the full product range into hospitals, colleges, universities, contract caterers and foodservice networks.
- Develop relationships with senior decision-makers and procurement teams.
- Drive sales growth and achieve commercial targets
About You
- Proven experience in foodservice, catering, wholesale or FMCG sales.
- Strong account management and new business development skills.
- Experience dealing with GPOs, purchasing consortiums or major contracts.
- Confident negotiating with senior decision-makers.
- Commercially minded, proactive and results-driven.
- Full UK driving licence.
What's On Offer?
- OTE of £55,000 plus excellent benefits.
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy more.
- Pension with employer contributions of up to 6%.
- Life assurance and confidential wellbeing support.
- Family healthcare cash plan and digital GP.
- High street discounts
- Optional dental and critical illness cover.
Interested?
If you're an experienced foodservice sales professional looking for a role combining key account management, new business and major contract opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today!
WR Logistics are a leading recruitment partner for the logistics and supply chain industry, recruiting across the UK, Europe, and the USA for permanent opportunities.
WR Logistics is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
