Account Development Executive

Quorn Foods group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food company is seeking an Account Development Executive to join their Foodservice team. This role focuses on developing regional business across Central England, particularly in the Education sector. The ideal candidate should have a commercial background in FMCG, strong negotiation skills, and a full UK Drivers License. The position is homebased with necessary travel to sites and customers. Attractive benefits include a competitive salary, company car, and various health programs available.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company Car

Target Based Commission/Bonus Scheme

25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Generous Pension and Life Assurance Schemes

Employee Assistance Programmes

Health & Wellbeing support

Free Quorn products on-site

Qualifications

• Current commercial background within the FMCG sector, either with a supplier or a manufacturer.
• Demonstrable hunger and ability to constantly unlock new business opportunities.
• Knowledge of the UK foodservice sector, particularly in Education and/or Healthcare is ideal.
• Excellent negotiation, influencing and presentation skills are a must.
• A full UK Drivers License is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with key stakeholders in the Education sector.
• Work with the National Account Management and Culinary teams to unlock business opportunities.
• Deliver against budgeted sales and profit measures.
• Identify investment programs that enhance compliance and improve ROS.

Skills

Commercial background in FMCG

Ability to unlock new business opportunities

Knowledge of UK foodservice sector

Negotiation skills

Presentation skills

Full UK Drivers License

Job description

Overview

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 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.

1. 1st Stage - 30-45 minute Microsoft Teams introductory call with our Field Sales Manager & Resourcing Partner
2. 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

• A Competitive Salary
• 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.