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Key Account Manager

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on enhancing customer relationships and driving growth within a portfolio of Key Account customers at Sysco GB. You will partner with customers to understand their growth plans and deliver tailored solutions, while also managing account plans and competitor insights.

Qualifications

  • Good commercial acumen with the ability to deal with numbers.
  • Demonstratable experience of delivering against targets.
  • Proven ability to build strong long-lasting relationships.
  • First rate communication and presentation skills both verbal and written.
  • Preferred: Ideally come from an Account Management/ Sales background.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver consistent growth across a portfolio of Key Account customers.
  • Own and deliver against agreed Joint Business plans with Key Customers.
  • Liaise directly with key stakeholders to ensure implementation of account plans.
  • Understand competitor activity & proposals, ensuring you are always offering your customers the best local and national solutions.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Sales
  • Business Acumen
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Communication
  • Social Skills
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Brakes UK

  • Wholesale & Distribution
  • 5,001–10,000
Brakes is a leading supplier to the foodservice sector in the UK. With sister companies in Ireland, France and Sweden, it is owned by Sysco, the world’s leading foodservice business, headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA. Brakes is committed to providing its customers with outstanding service, products and foodservice solutions, its people with a ‘great place to work’ and its suppliers with a great company to partner. Brakes believes in acting today to protect tomorrow and has an active sustainability programme covering product, planet and people. Across these focus areas, our activities ensure that we support every community we engage with, source our products responsibly and protect the natural resources of the planet.

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Job description

Job Description

Key Account Manager – Home-based – South East

£Competitive + attractive bonus, company car or car allowance & home-based contract 

Are you looking to enhance you career within Key Accounts?  

Are you passionate about a career within Sales and want to work in a fast-growing food service business? This role could be for you.  

We want to challenge the current norms of Supplier and customer relationships for the better – it needs to be so much more than price. You will pride yourself on building and leveraging strong customer relationships through effectively partnering with your customers to understand their plans for growth, adding value, offering a wide range of practical solutions and products. 

What you will be doing; 

  • Delivering consistent growth across a portfolio of Key Account customers. 
  • Owning and delivering against agreed Joint Business plans with Key Customers. 
  • Liaise directly with key stakeholders to ensure implementation of account plans. 
  • Responsible for price review implementation acting as a consultant and market experts for your customers. 
  • Understand competitor activity & proposals, ensuring you are always offering your customers the best local and national solutions. 
  • Comprehensive record keeping via Salesforce. 

What we are looking for; 

  • Good commercial acumen with the ability to deal with numbers. 
  • Demonstratable experience of delivering against targets. 
  • Ideally come from an Account Management/ Sales background. 
  • Proven ability to build strong long-lasting relationships.  
  • First rate communication and presentation skills both verbal and written. 
  • Strong IT skills – PowerPoint and Excel. 

In return we offer a competitive base salary along with bonus potential, a home- based contract, company car, additional holiday purchase options to top up your annual leave and award- winning products at virtually cost price. 

We’re not just looking for a good fit, we want people who help to make us even better. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to define it. Bring your whole self to work. #BelongAtBrakes. 

Additional Information

Supporting You at Every Stage of Life

At Sysco GB, we recognise that everyone's circumstances are different – and that life doesn't stop when you're at work. That's why we offer a range of policies and support designed to care for colleagues through different life stages and personal circumstances.

Our support includes:

  • Flexible working opportunities from day one
  • Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay for eligible colleagues
  • Up to 52 weeks of maternity and adoption leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy support
  • Shared parental leave
  • Fertility treatment leave
  • Carer's leave and support for colleagues with caring responsibilities
  • Emergency time off for unexpected dependant care situations
  • Parental leave to help balance work and family commitments
  • Compassionate leave to enable you to be there with loved ones during the most difficult times
  • A 24/7 employee assistance programme, giving you access to independent advice, support and medical services such as free virtual GP appointments and free virtual physiotherapy – including for your spouse and dependents
  • Access to a wide range of discounts and other benefits to support your financial wellbeing

We're committed to helping colleagues thrive and grow, while managing the responsibilities that matter most outside of work.

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