Customer Development Manager - Food Ingredients

wkLoop

Location: London, United Kingdom

Category: Sales

Salary: 45,000 - 60,000 GBP / yearly

Full-time

Job Description

The Customer Development Manager is responsible for direct commercial sales activities for customers in the Bakery & Nutrition markets. You will need to have a proactive approach to sales to maintain and expand relationships with customers and prospects, understanding their needs and providing tailor-made solutions from our portfolio.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain strong relationships with existing customers
Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the Bakery & Nutrition customers
Meet & succeed sales targets focused on Material Margin
Develop a deep understanding of our product portfolio and applications to offer solutions to the customers
Gather Market feedback from customers collaborating with Product Management and team members
Utilize CRM Tools to track customer interactions and manage opportunity pipeline
Prepare and deliver and follow Sales Plans to support growth plans within the territory
Act as liaison between Caldic Ingredient and clients ensuring customer satisfaction
Attend Supplier Training to ensure a wide range of product knowledge
Attend Sales Meetings to present and collaborate with team members

Qualifications

Degree in food-related subject preferred
Minimum 3-5 years of relevant commercial experience selling food ingredients to food manufacturers
Relevant technical knowledge
Experience in the bakery market sector preferred

Perks & Benefits

Company Pension scheme
Death in service benefit
Free onsite parking
25 days holiday + Statutory bank holidays
Annual performance and company incentivized bonus scheme
Career path sales training

Why Join Us?

Because we care, we touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every day. We inspire innovative and sustainable distribution solutions in life and material sciences for the food, pharma, personal care, and industrial product formulation markets of the world.