Area Sales Manager

Sysco; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 33,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food service industry is seeking an Area Sales Manager to join their Independent Sales Team. This role involves building customer relationships, driving sales growth, and acting as a brand ambassador. With a home-based contract, the position offers career progression opportunities and the chance to work with modern technologies.

Benefits

Company Car

Great Bonus

Home-based Contract

Qualifications

• Experience in Field Sales or similar role.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering against targets.

Responsibilities

• Build and leverage strong customer relationships.
• Grow and retain customers, delivering profitable volume growth.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Brakes.

Skills

Customer Relationship Management

Sales

Problem Solving

Tenacity

Self-motivation

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Description

Area Sales Manager - Homebased / Field Sales – West Midlands

Up to £33,000 + great bonus, company car & home-based contract

Here at Brakes, we’ve got ambitious growth plans. If you’re currently working in Field Sales or have the talent to match your ambition to thrive in the biggest and best Food Service sales force, and are passionate about forging a career in sales, we have a fantastic opportunity for an Area Sales Manager to join our Independent Sales Team.

What you'll be doing:

1. Role model our Company Values / Purpose
2. Build and leverage strong customer relationships through a natural curiosity in the independent sector
3. Grow and retain customers, delivering profitable volume growth against targets
4. Effectively partner with your customers to understand their growth plans, add value, and offer a wide range of practical solutions and products
5. Understand competitor activity & proposals, ensuring you always offer your customers the best local solutions
6. Work proactively with the Business Development Manager to understand new customer requirements and ensure a successful handover
7. Act as a brand ambassador for Brakes in your local market

It goes without saying that you’re highly service-focused, putting the customer at the heart of everything you do, providing the best solutions to support and enhance their business. Tenacious and resilient, you’re a self-starter with the drive and determination to succeed and demonstrable experience of delivering against targets. You’ll also be self-motivated to develop yourself continuously, seeking improvement by leveraging and learning from a diverse range of skills and experiences, and engaging with our L&D programmes. This role offers opportunities for career progression into various commercial roles.

You’ll also need to be confident with our modernisation programme and the new technology we are adopting to improve customer experience and optimize performance. Experience with Salesforce, while not essential, would be advantageous.