Account Manager - Food Industry - Opportunity to Make a Difference

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Account Manager to join our rapidly expanding company.  We are a fast paced food distributor.  We have over 350 staff and are 100% NZ owned! You will have a passion for selling, love food, excellent customer service skills, and be self-motivated and well organised. The successful candidate will be working in our Industrial Sales Team, selling to food manufacturers. The role is based intially in our Auckland office in Mount Wellington with a transfer to our Melbourne office at a later date.

 The successful candidate:

• Has proven sales experience, ideally in FMCG
• Has superior sales ability
• Ideally has a tertiary qualification
• Will be passionate about food
• Has initiative and be able to contribute to our strategy and continuous growth plans
• Will have an ability to close deals and convert business, and has a strong understanding of the sales process
• Can overcome objections and think on their feet
• Will meet and exceed sales targets
• Is highly self motivated, energised and enthusiastic
• Is extremely organised and have impeccable time management skills and can prioritise as efficiency's are integral to the company's success
• Will have a clean drivers licence

In this role your duties will include:

• Developing and managing your own set of key accounts
• Meeting Sales targets and KPI's.
• Reporting daily/weekly on customer and market activity
• Building strong rapport and relationships customers

Your knowledge of food will demonstrate your ability to work in this autonomous role, developing new and existing accounts.  A fully maintained company vehicle, laptop, mobile phone and all requirements to perform the job are provided. This is a full time permanent position, for a minimum of forty five hours per week Monday to Friday. In return, we offer a vibrant, fun working atmosphere, full ongoing product training and the opportunity to earn great $$.  If you have a positive attitude and believe you have what it takes to be part of our dynamic team, apply now.