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Customer Account Manager

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Central London
Salary
c. £40,000
Closing date
14 Jul 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Other Job Function, Sales & Marketing
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Customer Account Manager

c. 40,000
Central London
Prepared Food Products
Job ref: 8143

The company

We are seeking a talented and ambitious individual to work for a small but rapidly growing overseas manufacturer of high quality, prepared food products, mostly supplying to a high-end retailer in the UK.

About the Customer Account Manager job

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, as Customer Account Manager you will be the key commercial contact in several categories of the company’s main customer. For the right person, the business has some new ‘branded’ opportunities, for which this role could take a leading role.

Key tasks:

  • Responsible for the full range of commercial activities.
  • Creative planning and delivery of customer solutions.
  • Preparing meetings and presentations.
  • Agreeing priorities with customers, actioning internally, follow up and negotiation.
  • Some costing of products within certain set parameters.
  • Key working relationships with our NPD and technical teams and with the overseas manufacturing operation, in addition to the rest of the commercial team.

Skills & experience required for the Customer Account Manager job

  • Worked with retailer own branded products and have in-depth knowledge of the food retail industry and their supply chains.
  • Experience in managing the commercial relationship with UK retailers and/or have been involved in some aspects of the management of a large account.
  • Competent excel user and have strong analytical skills
  • Able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Have well developed negotiation skills.
  • Have a passion for food and an interest in developing comprehensive product knowledge to allow credible communication with the customer.

More details

The Customer Account Manager job is based in Central London and is paying c. £40,000 according to your experience.

The package includes 25 days annual leave.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week, with the option to work partly at home and partly in the office.

How to apply

To be considered for the Customer Account Manager job, please click the Apply button.

After you have submitted your CV, we will aim to contact you in 1-2 business days on the assumption that your skills and experience match the job requirements.

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Alternate job titles

Technical Account Manager | Food Retailer Account Manager | Food Import Jobs

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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