Area Sales Manager

Summary

Join kff, a regional food wholesaler, as an Area Sales Manager and be responsible for achieving profitable volume growth in your territory. You will gain, grow, and retain customers, building strong relationships through face-to-face meetings and understanding customer needs. The role involves onboarding new customers, partnering with existing accounts, and understanding competitor activity. This home-based position offers a competitive salary, uncapped bonus potential, a company car or travel allowance. kff is part of Sysco, the world’s largest foodservice provider, and offers ambitious growth plans and opportunities for career development. The ideal candidate is commercially astute, proficient in Excel, and has a desire for sales.

Requirements

• We are looking for someone who has the ability to not only win new business but also maximise sales through our existing customers
• Ideally, you’ll be commercially astute, technically proficient in excel and building and maintaining relationships
• Not to mention, you must have a desire for sales!

Responsibilities

• Gain, grow and retain customers delivering profitable volume growth Vs targets
• Research your target audience and opportunities in your territory
• Build and leverage strong customer relationships with your territory 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
• Effectively partner your customers to understand their plans for growth, adding value, offering a wide range of practical solutions and products
• Understand competitor activity & proposals, ensuring you are always offering your customers the best local solutions

Preferred Qualifications

It would also be great if you had a food background, but this is not essential

Benefits

Up to £40,000 + uncapped bonus potential, company car or travel allowance & home-based contract