Account Development Executive

Quorn Foods; Remote; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foodservice company in the UK seeks an Account Development Executive to drive growth in the Education sector across Central England. You will establish key relationships and identify new business opportunities, working closely with national teams to achieve sales goals. The role is homebased with travel required. Ideal candidates will have a commercial background in FMCG and excellent negotiation skills. A full UK Drivers License is essential for this position.

Benefits

Company Car

Target Based Commission/Bonus Scheme

25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Generous Pension and Life Assurance Schemes

Health & Wellbeing support

Free Quorn products on-site

Qualifications

• Proven track record in the FMCG sector as a supplier or manufacturer.
• Demonstrated ability to develop customer growth.
• Familiarity with the Education and/or Healthcare sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop regional business across Central England.
• Establish and develop relationships with stakeholders in Education.
• Identify business opportunities and negotiate investment programmes.

Skills

Commercial background in FMCG

Ability to unlock new business opportunities

Knowledge of UK foodservice sector

Excellent negotiation skills

Full UK Drivers License

Job description

Quorn Foods are delighted to be recruiting for an Account Development Executive to join our Foodservice commercial function!

What You'll Be Responsible For

Due to our growth and commercial opportunity within our Foodservice function, we are now looking to recruit for an Account Development Executive to focus specifically on developing our regional business across the Central England.

This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver substantial growth, where you will be tasked with establishing and developing relationships with key stakeholders within the Education sector, with a particular focus on the Primary, Secondary & Further Education.

Working closely with the wider National Account Management and Culinary teams, you will work together to unlock key business focused sectors across the sector. Delivering against budgeted sales, spend/profit measures, you will identify incremental business opportunities whilst developing and negotiating investment programmes which deliver unit compliance and ROS improvements.

This role will be a homebased role with travel to Quorn sites, team meetings and customers as and when required. The candidate ideally will be based within easy access of the Birmingham to Luton corridor to be accessible to customers within Central England.

What Experience You'll Need To Have

• Current commercial background within the FMCG sector, either with a supplier or a manufacturer
• Demonstrable hunger and ability to constantly unlock new business opportunities and develop customer growth
• Ideally hold some knowledge of the UK foodservice sector, with an understanding of Education and/or Healthcare
• Excellent negotiation, influencing and presentation skills
• Full UK Drivers License

The Recruitment Process

Every application will receive a response regardless of being successful or unsuccessful.

1st Stage - 30-45 minute Microsoft Teams introductory call with our Field Sales Manager & Resourcing Partner

2nd Stage - in-person interview and task with key stakeholders from our Foodservice team

If you have any questions regarding any of the above or the application process, please feel free to reach out to our Resourcing Partner Jacob Senior.

What You'll Get In Return

• Company Car
• Target Based Commission/Bonus Scheme
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year!)
• Generous Pension and Life Assurance Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programmes (we're a Gold Sponsor of GroceryAid along with our own internal Wellbeing Champions)
• Health & Wellbeing support with Digital GP services, free flu jabs, eye tests and discounted gym memberships
• Free Quorn products on-site to take home and share with your friends and family!

To apply for this vacancy, please follow the relevant link to submit your CV and Covering Letter. We look forward to receiving your application.

About Us

Quorn is a global company led by a clear purpose and ambition. By 2030, we will be a Net +positive business with 8 billion servings of our amazing Quorn & Cauldron products being consumed across the world.

At Quorn, we have a simple message, to create an inspiring range of irresistibly tasty meals which are not only great for you and your family, but for the planet and generations to come.

It is our collective differences that make Quorn special. Our heritage speaks to this, as pioneers of meat alternative products, we choose to embrace a different path which sets us apart.

We are committed to four core values which make us who we are. We are ‘Stronger Together’, we aim to ‘Make Lives Better’, we ‘Think Big & Act With Courage’ and we ‘Strive To Be The Best’.

Quorn is committed to promoting diversity across our workforce. We are dedicated to attracting and developing talent, empowered through an inclusive culture.

Our backgrounds, experiences and ideas are all valued so we can foster an environment where our differences make us ‘Stronger Together’.

All suitably qualified applicants will be considered regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, religion, and age.

Recruitment Agencies

Please note that we manage our recruitment directly and will not engage with any agencies on this or any other vacancies. On the occasion that we do require external support, we will engage our preferred suppliers who have an excellent prior track record in supporting the business when needed.

We do not accept speculative CV's and any communication from non-PSL agencies will be ignored and forwarded to our Resourcing Partner.