Account Manager

Unbar Rothon Limited; Billericay; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Car allowance

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Unbar Rothon Limited is seeking an Account Manager for its Billericay office. The role focuses on nurturing existing customer relationships while identifying new business opportunities within the food ingredients sector.

You will work with a dedicated team to deliver premium service, develop strategic guidance, and drive growth through effective relationship management across multiple customers.

Qualifications

• B2B customer facing experience is preferred.
• Strong communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships to drive sales.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with stakeholders at all levels and manage expectations.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with key decision makers.
• Present options confidently in meetings and outline available solutions.
• Collaborate with internal departments to address customer needs.
• Take ownership of complaints and resolve them professionally.
• Collect and analyse data on consumer behaviour to enhance offering.
• Apply sales techniques to drive growth and retention.
• Challenge existing concepts to push boundaries and deliver value.
• Produce progress reports and action points to guide next steps.
• Represent the company at groups and events and share department insights.

Skills

B2B customer facing

Stakeholder communication

Relationship building

Sales skills

Job description

Step into a vibrant business as an Account Manager, commanding up to £ 40,000 plus up to £5,000 Car Allowance and up to £5,000 discretionary bonus, pension and benefits, in Billericay, Essex! Are you ready to challenge yourself to help drive sales in a business that will allow you to develop and demonstrate your appreciation of how great seasonings make for great food products?

Primary Objective - Working within a strong team, the role is relationship focused geared at supporting the needs of our existing customers, whilst looking to seek out and nurture potential business opportunities.

You’ll be involved within a thriving team, working with multiple customers to deliver on their goals. Your mission - To maintain the gold standard of supplying our valued customers and future ones with a premium service.

You will be an ambitious self-starter, willing to go that extra mile to show why our customers choose us. You will also have a good understanding of the workings around the supply chain relating to food ingredients and production.

This role is more than ticking boxes and following protocols. It's about innovation and growth and being able to demonstrate your relationship building ability. You’ll develop understanding for the technical importance of seasonings in the context of food processing, leveraging your experience to deliver results.

From meeting customers face to face and providing strategic guidance to them on suitable options for their needs, every day presents a new challenge and opportunity for growth. Are you ready to make your mark in the food industry? Join us on this exhilarating journey and let’s create something extraordinary together.

The Location

The office is based in Billericay, Essex, with occasional car travel across the UK, predominantly England.

Your Background

You’ll be an ambitious team player, having B2B customer facing experience. Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll be armed with the knowledge from within the ingredients industry and energy to make a real impact.

Key Responsibilities

• The ability to communicate at all levels with stakeholders at all levels
• Develop and strengthen existing relationships with key decision makers by working closely to understand their primary drivers and seek solutions
• Be able to present confidently to customers at meetings, discussing in detail options that are available
• Collaborate with internal departments to ensure that needs of customers are addressed
• Look to take charge of any complaints that arise, and to track and resolve in a professional manner
• Collect and analyse data about consumer behaviour and use research tools to help enhance the offering
• Demonstrate sales techniques to help the business thrive by driving growth whilst working on retention
• Being prepared to challenge existing concepts both internal and external, to push boundaries
• Produce progress reports including notes from meetings and collate action points pointing to the way forwards
• Represent the company at professional groups and events and provide insights to the business regarding departmental matters