Area Sales Manager - Chefs or Ex Chefs Wanting to get into Field Sales

Harris Carlton; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job description

Area Sales Manager - Chefs or Ex Chefs Wanting to get into Field Sales

Salary: £38-43,000 Basic, Excellent Bonus, Company Car & Superb Benefits including a Really Good Pension Scheme + 25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays

What an unbelievable opportunity this is for Chefs or Ex Chefs with confident personalities to develop a career in Field Sales with a Market Leader.

The Company

• A Global Company and a Market Leader

• A Leading Supplier of Innovative and Premium Quality Catering Products

• A Trailblazer – Leading the way in their sector with a proven and progressive Business Model

• Provide superb Training in the UK and Overseas to all Area Sales Managers

• Provide brilliant pathways and career development opportunities for ambitious, driven and high performing professionals

The Role

• A unique role demonstrating and selling Catering Products to Catering End Users – e.g. Hotels, Restaurants, Gastropubs covering the Aberdeenshire area

• Work closely with Catering Dealerships in the area to build relationships and channel business

• Develop relationships with both existing and new accounts

• Effectively manage a sales territory to ensure maximum coverage and increase sales and profitability

• Work towards meeting and exceeding sales targets set

• Work Monday to Friday, normal working hours

The Person

• Ideal profile is a Chef or Ex Chef with some sales experience, ideally foodservice sales experience, but our client will consider Chefs or Ex Chefs with any sales experience

• Our Client will also happily consider Chefs or Ex Chefs who have no sales experience but are excellent communicators, very confident personalities, and have the drive and hunger to be a success in a sales role

• A confident and effective presenter/demonstrator; a big part of the role will be demonstrating products to teams of people, e.g. Kitchen staff, so candidates must be comfortable and confident in this environment

• The ability and credibility to liaise effectively and professionally with Head Chefs, Executive Chefs, Development Chefs, Restaurant Owners, etc.

• Well-organised with the ability to manage a large Sales Territory effectively and efficiently

• Live within approx. half an hour of Aberdeen

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