This office based role requires taking full responsibility for;
- Managing and overseeing key customers’ accounts.
- Monitoring supply performance on a weekly/monthly basis vs. budget.
- Working to targets set and to customer KPIs.
- Develop and maintain strong and productive working relationships with customers whilst instilling confidence in the supply relationship.
- Ensuring all customers are dealt with in a professional, timely and effective manner.
- Informing the Commercial Director of any problems that arise.
- Efficiently resolving any errors or discrepancies the customer has experienced in order to maintain a good working relationship.
- Ensure effective and regular communication with all related departments on matters concerning any customer requirements (pricing, promotional activity/labelling, delivery locations, order amendments, delivery schedules, specifications and line changers etc).
- Preparation of data reports and presentations for internal and external use where required.
- To assist in the formulisation of the annual commercial budget.
Attributes:
- Develops productive relationships with external customers. Gains respect and trust amongst customer base. Enhances company reputation through consistency of approach, knowledge and behaviour.
- Results driven, practical and decisive. Understands how an effective and efficiently run commercial operation can contribute to overall business profitability.
- A strong communicator both within and outside the company. Able to develop productive working relationships with colleagues in other departments, customers and external institutions.Encourages and acts on meaningful feedback.
- Strong presentation and negotiation skills. High confidence, tact and a persuasive yet professional manner. Good business sense and the ability to work to budgets. Good spoken and written communication skills and general good ‘people skills’.
- Ideally you would have knowledge of the produce sector albeit THIS IS NOT ESSENTIAL
- Experience of building and maintaining relationships with UK Supermarkets / Groceries.
