Account Manager

BIDFRESH LIMITED; Colchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts

Free parking

Health care cash plan

Confidential support and counselling

Pension scheme

30 days holiday entitlement

Job summary

Bidfresh Colchester is seeking an Account Manager to maintain and grow relationships with our existing customer portfolio and help drive new business opportunities. You will balance commercial planning with strong people skills to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

You will work Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm, focusing on customer satisfaction, planning and implementing tactics to expand our footprint across the region. Experience in food industry sales is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in food industry sales/service.
• Proven ability to meet targets and deliver results.
• Strong written and verbal communication to build trust with colleagues and customers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance relationships with existing customers.
• Support expansion through new business opportunities.
• Plan and implement tactics to grow Bidfresh footprint.

Skills

Sales/Service experience

Target driven

Communication skills

Relationship building

Job description

About the role

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.

About us

The Bidfresh journey

We’re Bidfresh. A fast growing team of fresh food experts in a collection of regional businesses across the UK. We’re a big business with big ambitions. We succeed by focusing on the detail. By going the extra mile to find the best products. By building relationships with our partners. And by going further to support our teams to develop and grow. Our work is full of excitement, care and a big sense of achievement. And our 'Fresh' values guide the way. Make our journey, your journey, and take your first small steps towards a big career adventure.

Rewards and benefits

We've created a benefits package that is designed to support you and reward your hard work. Every employee (subject to completion of probation) is automatically entitled to:

• Discounts: Save on Bidfresh products, high street shopping, travel, and cinema tickets
• Free parking: Free parking at our sites
• Health care cash plan: Access to a health care cash plan
• Confidential support and counselling: Access to free confidential support and counselling
• Pension scheme: Access to a pension scheme
• A minimum of 30 days holiday entitlement