Commercial Manager
- Employer
- Zest Recruitment
- Location
- Hampshire
- Salary
- £55000 - £60000 per annum + + bonus + pension
- Closing date
- 27 Feb 2025
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Sales & Marketing
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details

As the primary point of contact for customers, you will be responsible for growing and nurturing relationships while driving the performance of our customer base. You will have a direct impact on their experience, working to develop growth opportunities, influence the category agenda, and deliver exceptional results.
Key responsibilities:
-Customer Champion: Be the go-to person for customers, ensuring their needs are met and their experience is excellent.
-Account Management: Lead customer communications proactively and efficiently, coordinating internally and externally to exceed expectations.
-Sales Growth: Work with the category team to identify and develop sales opportunities, driving growth across key accounts.
-Cross-departmental Collaboration: Partner with internal teams such as Innovation, Category -Development, and Supply Chain to ensure delivery on customer objectives.
-Performance Tracking: Regularly report on progress and identify areas for improvement to stay on track with targets and KPIs.
-Customer Strategy Development: Build and execute annual customer strategies that align with business goals and ensure profitable results.
You will demonstrate:
-Previous commercial customer-facing experience, ideally within UK retail.
-A strong understanding of financial and business metrics, with the ability to influence results.
-A proactive attitude and the ability to work across departments to ensure alignment and success.
-Proven experience in managing relationships, driving growth, and delivering on targets.
This is a hybrid office-based role, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, plus regular travel to customer sites. Some weekend and bank holiday working may be required.
If you're passionate about fresh produce, innovation, and making an impact in a dynamic business, this is a wonderful opportunity.
As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website http://www.zestfoodjobs.co.uk/privacy-policy/
Company
A recruitment company where every job counts.
We understand that recruitment companies often get a bad press. So, here at Zest we are bringing a refreshingly new and different approach to food and drink manufacturing recruitment. Unlike others we aim to be the recruitment company that makes sure it can be counted on at every step of the recruitment journey: every person, every job, every time.
Zest specialise because you do, and our team are dedicated to the following areas:
- Technical & quality
- NPD
- Operations & production
- Engineering
- Supply Chain
- Senior Appointments
- Hygiene
- Interim
- Graduates
Our aim is simple, to link talented individuals with talented businesses, and we achieve this by taking a structured and industry leading approach to every step of the process.
Zest, where every job counts.
- Website
- http://www.zestfoodjobs.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 01780 483999/ 011732 52999
- Location
-
Lincolnshire/ Bristol
GB
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