Area Sales Manager

Sysco Corporation; Bath; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service provider based in Bath seeks a customer-focused individual to build strong relationships and support growth in the independent sector. This role offers competitive salary, uncapped bonuses, and a commitment to ethical sourcing. Ideal candidates are resilient self-starters with a passion for customer service. The position is home-based with opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Uncapped bonus potential

Company car

Additional holiday purchase options

Qualifications

• Highly service focused, putting the customer at the heart of everything.
• Proven ability to deliver against targets.
• Experience in customer relationship management and sales.

Responsibilities

• Build and leverage strong customer relationships.
• Understand and support customer plans for growth.
• Act as a brand ambassador for the company.

Job description

Role model our Company Values/Purpose

• Build and leverage strong customer relationships through a natural curiosity in the independent sector.
• Grow and retain customers delivering profitable volume growth Vs targets
• Effectively partner your customers to understand their plans for growth, adding value, offering a wide range of practical solutions and products
• Understand competitor activity & proposals, ensuring you are always offering your customers the best local solutions
• Work pro-actively with the Business Development Manager to understand new customer requirements and ensure a successful handover
• Act as a brand ambassador for Brakes in your local market.

You will be highly service focused, putting the customer at the heart of everything you do, providing the best solutions to support and enhance their business. You will be tenacious and resilient, a self-starter with the drive and determination to succeed and demonstrable experience of delivering against targets.

You will have the opportunity to progress into a vast range of commercial roles to really develop your career. You will need to be confident with the adoption of our modernisation programme and the new technology we are adopting to improve the customer experience and optimise performance (Experience of salesforce while not essential, would be advantageous).

With our commitment to ethical & responsible sourcing and sustainability coupled with our award-winning products you will have the might of the Brakes business behind you.

In return we offer a competitive base salary along with uncapped bonus potential, a home-based contract, company car, additional holiday purchase options to top up your annual leave and award-winning products at virtually cost price. We're not just looking for a good fit, we want people who help to make us even better. We're passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity.

We don't want you to fit our culture, we want you to define it. Bring your whole self to work. Why Brakes? Our Purpose - Connecting the world to share food, and care for one another.