Account Manager

Bidfresh; Colchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Direct Seafoods Colchester is seeking an Account Manager to balance commerciality, planning and relationship skills to support customers and grow the Bidfresh footprint.

You will work closely with the Business Development Manager to identify opportunities, plan tactics, measure outcomes and deliver excellent service to chefs and kitchen teams. This role focuses on business growth and personal development within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales or service within the food industry.
• Target-driven mindset with strong communication.
• Ability to build trust with colleagues and customers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance relationships with existing customers.
• Support growth through new business opportunities and strategies.
• Collaborate with the Business Development Manager to identify and implement tactics.

Skills

People person

Robust planner

Sales experience

Targets

Communication skills

Job description

Direct Seafoods Colchester

Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm

Make our journey, your journey

To be every chef’s first choice for fresh ingredients is the vision and passion of everyone who works here. And our journey to become the natural first choice means we have to have the best people in the right roles doing a great job every day. As an Account Manager, you’ll focus on maintaining and enhancing the relationships of our portfolio of existing business and support the drive to expand through new business success. This is a role where fresh thinking will deliver results and where people skills are high priority.

About the role

This role balances commerciality, planning, relationship skills and problem-solving. Building a close-relationship with your Business Development Manager is key to helping identify opportunities to support the ever-changing needs of customers and develop our new business strategy. This is a role focused on business and personal growth. And your passion for success will find a natural home in a business that thrives on shared achievement. If you can plan, prepare, question, implement and measure tactics to build the Bidfresh footprint, talk to us.

Skills and experience

You’re a blend of people person and robust planner. You can question in the right way and your straightforward and clear approach will build trust with every colleague and customer. Ideally, you’ll have Sales/Service experience in the food industry. You’re used to, and thrive on, targets. And your communication skills – both written and verbal are second to none. And you’ll know that the right tone on a telephone call can spark interest and lead to opportunity. You take responsibility for your workload and build trust through accountability.