Senior Account Manager, Food Packaging

Senior Account Manager, Food Packaging, UK Wide remit. £45,000 Basic + bonuses + company Car + Benefits. Market leading European manufacturer of food packaging solutions require an experienced Account Manager to manage their multi-million portfolio of accounts across the UK.
This is a sophisticated corporate account management and sales role where you will be tasked with managing a very diverse and wide range of clients across all facets of the food industry from meat to dairy to fast food and ready meals.

To apply you will be of graduate calibre with extensive business development and account management skills within the packaging industry. Your experience must come from a packaging background - ideal backgrounds will be flexible packaging, rigid packaging or food packaging of any description. You will have an implicit understanding of managing accounts and what makes 'buyers tick' and always be one step ahead in thinking what is the next best thing for your client base.
You will be a true, organised sales professional, i.e used to working planograms, analysing data, managing CRM system, etc. The role also includes dealing with technical issues and commercial issues to include things such as credit management and debt arrangement.

You will be a dynamic achiever, perhaps frustrated by a lack of autonomy or lack of ability to demonstrate your commercial creativity and entrepreneurship in your current role. You will be a consummate professional that is well presented and possessing superb communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be a self starter that wants the opportunity to make the difference and as you will be in a highly visible role within a dynamic growing business there is huge potential for career progression.
In addition you will be have experience in winning business through bids and tender processes.

The role reports directly into the European Sales and Marketing Director and as such you will have board level contact and significant input into the direction of the strategy in the UK.

To apply contact Rob Scott at Aaron Wallis on (phone number removed). Alternatively email (email address removed)  

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Posted: 12-01-2012