Harris Carlton
Area Sales Manager - Chefs Who Want to get into Sales
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Area Sales Manager (London) - Chefs/Ex Chefs Wanting to get into Field Sales
Salary £46,500 Basic, Excellent Bonus, Company Car & Superb Benefits including a Really Good Pension Scheme + 25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
What an unbelievable opportunity this is for Chefs or Ex Chefs with confident personalities to develop a career in Field Sales with a Market Leader.
The Company
• A Global Company and a Market Leader • A Leading Supplier of Innovative and Premium Quality Catering Products • A Trailblazer – Leading the way in their sector with a proven and progressive Business Model • Provide superb Training in the UK and Overseas to all Area Sales Managers • Provide brilliant pathways and career development opportunities for ambitious, driven and high performing professionals
The Role
• A unique role demonstrating and selling Catering Products to Catering End Users – eg Hotels, Restaurants, Gastropubs covering London • Also to work closely with Catering Dealerships on the area to build relationships and channel business • Develop Relationships with both existing and new accounts • Effectively manage a sales territory to ensure maximum coverage and increase sales and profitability • To work towards meeting and exceeding sales targets set • To work Monday to Friday, normal working hours
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The Person
• Ideal profile is a Chef or Ex Chef with some sales experience ideally foodservice sales experience but our client will consider Chefs or Ex Chefs with any sales experience • Our Client will also happily consider Chefs or Ex Chefs who have no sales experience but are excellent communicators, very confident personalities and with the drive and hunger to be a success in a sales role • A confident and effective presenter/demonstrator. A big part of the role will be demonstrating products to teams of people eg Kitchen staff so candidates must be comfortable and confident in this environment • The ability and credibility to liaise effectively and professionally with Head Chefs, Executive Chefs, Development Chefs, Restaurant Owners etc • Well organised with the ability to manage a large Sales Territory effectively and efficiently • Live on the area in question
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