Account Manager

Bidfresh Limited; Colchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh food supplier in Colchester is seeking an Account Manager to strengthen relationships with existing clients and drive new business growth. The ideal candidate will have Sales/Service experience in the food industry, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build trust with clients. This role involves combining commerciality and planning to develop effective business strategies. A generous benefits package is included, with a focus on employee well-being and work-life balance.

Benefits

Discounts on products and services

Free parking

Access to health care cash plan

Confidential support and counselling

Pension scheme

Minimum of 30 days holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Blend of people person and planner.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships and trust.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance relationships with existing clients.
• Identify opportunities to expand the business.
• Implement and measure tactics to build company footprint.

Skills

Sales/Service experience in the food industry

Strong communication skills

Ability to build trust

Experience with targets

Job description

To be every chef’s first choice for fresh ingredients is the vision and passion of everyone who works here. And our journey to become the natural first choice means we have to have the best people in the right roles doing a great job every day. As an Account Manager, you’ll focus on maintaining and enhancing the relationships of our portfolio of existing business and support the drive to expand through new business success. This is a role where fresh thinking will deliver results and where people skills are high priority.

About the role

This role balances commerciality, planning, relationship skills and problem-solving. Building a close-relationship with your Business Development Manager is key to helping identify opportunities to support the ever-changing needs of customers and develop our new business strategy. This is a role focused on business and personal growth. And your passion for success will find a natural home in a business that thrives on shared achievement. If you can plan, prepare, question, implement and measure tactics to build the Bidfresh footprint, talk to us.

Skills and experience

You’re a blend of people person and robust planner. You can question in the right way and your straightforward and clear approach will build trust with every colleague and customer. Ideally, you’ll have Sales/Service experience in the food industry. You’re used to, and thrive on, targets. And your communication skills – both written and verbal are second to none. And you’ll know that the right tone on a telephone call can spark interest and lead to opportunity. You take responsibility for your workload and build trust through accountability.

Work Pattern

Monday - Friday

9am - 3:30pm

About you

About us

The Bidfresh journey

We’re Bidfresh. A fast growing team of fresh food experts in a collection of regional businesses across the UK. We’re a big business with big ambitions. We succeed by focusing on the detail. By going the extra mile to find the best products. By building relationships with our partners. And by going further to support our teams to develop and grow. Our work is full of excitement, care and a big sense of achievement. And our ‘Fresh’ values guide the way. Make our journey, your journey, and take your first small steps towards a big career adventure.

Rewards and benefits

We’ve created a benefits package that is designed to support you and reward your hard work. Every employee (subject to completion of probation) is automatically entitled to:

• Discounts: Save on Bidfresh products, high street shopping, travel, and cinema tickets
• Free parking: Free parking at our sites
• Health care cash plan: Access to a health care cash plan
• Confidential support and counselling: Access to free confidential support and counselling
• Pension scheme: Access to a pension scheme
• A minimum of 30 days holiday entitlement