Job Title: Key Account Manager
Reporting to: Commercial Manager
Contract:  Permanent
Salary:  To be confirmed on application

Main Duties:

• Account Management: Manage and nurture relationships with key accounts, ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty
• Sales Growth: Develop and implement strategic sales plans to achieve growth targets for assigned accounts.
• Customer Insights: Understand customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscape to provide tailored solutions.
• Negotiation: Negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms of business with key accounts.
• Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams ensure seamless delivery of products and services
• Reporting: Provide regular reports on account performance, sales activity, and market insights to senior management.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Expert salesperson, who can comfortably lead across high-priority accounts, and develop relationships with customers through expert negotiation, category leadership, mutual customer partnership and data & insights leveraging
• A strong track record of effectively managing Key Accounts
• Strong experience in management of budgets as well as trade revenue optimization delivering against budget and ROI.
• Proven experience within the Produce industry experience (minimum 5 years)
• Flexibility and willingness to travel extensively to visit suppliers worldwide
• Advanced IT skills – especially planning software, Excel and Power Point
• Clean UK/EU Driving Licence
• Flexible with working hours to meet the demands of the company, in particular you will be required to cover weekends on a rota basis.

Benefits:

From Day 1 – Pension – 5% employer contribution, 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro-rated based on start date), option to buy/sell 1 week holiday, Employee Assistance Programme, Maternity/paternity leave & pay, Company Sick Pay.

After successful Probation – Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Annual discretionary Company bonus scheme, Cycle to work scheme.