Sales Account Manager

Are you an enthusiastic Telesales or Sales Account Manager professional who takes pride in exceeding customer expectations and making things happen? Then we want to hear from you! But this isn’t just a one way arrangement. It is important that we also make things happen for you too. We offer a competitive salary (sliding scale based on experience), quarterly commission and incentives, employee benefits (including staff discount) and a great team to work alongside. Ethical Sourcing, animal welfare, sustainability, provenance and traceability are all paramount to everything our client stand for. They work closely with NGOs such as MSC maintain the highest standards within their industry. Not only that they BRC accredited and are managed by passionate people with many years of experience in the seafood industry. Our client is a part of the Bidfresh Group, a principal British supplier of fresh meat, fish and produce to the catering industry; a national supplier with strong local heritage. The spectrum of their client base reaches from care homes to Michelin star restaurants, and their vision to be every chef’s first choice for fresh ingredients. If you are an enthusiastic internal sales professional and actively seek to understand the specific needs of their different customers, look to regularly exceed their expectations and enjoy working in a fast paced environment, then this is an exciting time for you to join a dynamic team within a leading food services business. The salary for this role is dependent on experience. About the role: * Telesales; cross selling and upselling, getting the most from your customer accounts * Growing and developing the sales of existing accounts * Using sales data to analyse customer spend and trends * Managing customer prices and margins * Processing orders via phone, email and online * Dealing with customer enquiries and delivering great customer service at all times * Customer retention; developing and building customer relationships * Ensuring sales targets are met Skills required: * Previous telesales experience is a must (preferably within foodservice, but not essential). * Commitment to learning the industry. * Proven ability to work in a targeted sales environment. * Highly organised with effective time management skills. * Proficient in Word/Outlook/Excel. * Great communication skills, both written and verbal. Much of your work will be telephone based. * Driven and motivated by targets. * Team player. * Flexible approach. * Willingness to learn. * Able to work well independently, enthusiastic and self-motivated. Hours of work: 40 hours per Week (Mon-Fri) Occasional Saturday on a Rota basis Job Type: Full-time What we can offer you: It is really important to us to make sure we are focused in making things happen in the right areas for our employees. We have a diverse team and we are proud at being receptive to everyone’s different needs and priorities. With this in mind we offer a great range of employee benefits that focus on wellbeing and financial needs: - Health care cash plan which gives you money back on everyday medical costs such as Prescriptions, Opticians, dentists, 24/7 access to a digital GP and more! - Access to free confidential support and counselling - Discount to a number of high street brands - Employee saving scheme - Pension scheme which offers 3% employer contribution and 5% employee with the option for you to increase your contributions - 28 days holiday (Including Bank holidays) Job Type: Full-time Benefits: * Company pension * Employee discount Schedule: * Monday to Friday * Weekend availability Experience: * Sales: 1 year (required) Work Location: In person at our Fleetwood office