Area Sales Manager

kff; Reading; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Kff, part of Sysco, is seeking an Area Sales Manager to drive sales and customer relationships in your region. This role focuses on acquiring new clients and maximizing existing accounts within the foodservice sector, offering a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Company car or travel allowance

Uncapped bonus potential

Home-based contract

Qualifications

• Ability to win new business and maximize sales with existing customers.
• Desire for sales and a strong customer service focus.
• Food background preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Gain, grow, and retain customers by delivering profitable volume growth.
• Build and leverage strong customer relationships through constant selling.
• Research target audience and understand customer needs.

Skills

Commercially astute

Technical proficiency in Excel

Relationship building

Sales orientation

Job description

Up to GBP40,000 + uncapped bonus potential, company car or travel allowance & home-based contract

Kff is a regional food wholesaler with around 250 colleagues based near Maidstone, Kent. We are part of Sysco, the world's largest foodservice provider with over 65,000 colleagues globally. kff has a family feel with a close-knit team, supplying both local pub and restaurant customers as well as delivering direct to the caterer.

Here at kff we've got ambitious growth plans and we are looking for Area Sales Managers who will be responsible for winning and maximising independent foodservice business in your area. So if you love working out in the field as well as having the opportunity to grow your own career as part of the biggest and best Foodservice companies, then kff is the place for you.

What you will be doing:

You will be solely responsible for the success of your own territory by achieving the following:

• Gain, grow and retain customers delivering profitable volume growth Vs targets
• Research your target audience and opportunities in your territory.
• Build and leverage strong customer relationships with your territory and community through constant selling, face to face meetings and understanding the customer needs
• Onboard new customers effectively & successfully whilst ensuring close working relationships with existing accounts and track activity.
• 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

What we are looking for:

We are looking for someone who has the ability to not only win new business but also maximise sales through our existing customers. Ideally, you'll be commercially astute, technically proficient in excel and building and maintaining relationships. Not to mention, you must have a desire for sales! It would also be great if you had a food background, but this is not essential.

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.