Corporate Account Executive

Homebased - Frequent Travel required

£competitive, dependent on experience, plus bonus structure, excellent career development, company car, discounted products and services and much more

We are currently recruiting a talented and collaborative Corporate Account Executive to join our On-Trade Leased & Tenanted Pub Team in the Corporate Sector.

Your local pub, your favourite restaurant, your children's schools all have one thing in common - Brakes. There are a lot of hungry mouths to feed out there and every day we deliver 1.5 million products from our fleet of 2000 trucks to thousands of restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, hospitals and care homes in every corner of the UK. Our customers count on us for exceptional food and service, and as our response to Covid-19 proved, our 6,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to play their part in feeding the nation

The role:
You will be primarily involved in driving new business within Leased & Tenanted pubs whilst looking after and developing a handful of key accounts.

Winning new leased & tenanted customers for Brakes ensuring that they adhere to the minimum spend criteria
Retaining & growing existing key customers
Building strong relationships with our dedicated telephone account managers to manage leads
Proactively work with the external Pub Co area managers to unearth new opportunities within their pub estate
Identify any innovation and improvements to the L&T deal to further cement our position as the foodservice wholesaler in the UK.
Implement strategic territory plans as set out by your line manager.

You:

With a passion for pub food, you'll live and breathe Customer First. You need to be personable, driven, well organised, structured, resilient and enjoy working within a collaborative national team.
Naturally, you will embrace an inclusive working environment and be committed to acting with integrity and honesty in everything you do.

Required skills and competencies:

Drive for results and particularly new business
Uncover customer pain points & leverage the broader Brakes offering to deliver a partner approach, above & beyond product selling, utilising added value to tie customer in
Proven experience in managing customers - face to face or over the telephone
Demonstrate knowledge of retention and growth of accounts.
Target driven, proven experience of achieving targets.
Stakeholder management/engagement
Good at Excel to produce well organised planning in order to maximise selling time in trade

What you'll get:

A competitive salary
Huge discount on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products
Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase more
Recognition awards and Incentives
Pension
Real career opportunities - being part of Sysco, the world's leading foodservice business, opens up a world of possibility
And much more .

There's a lot on offer, so what are you waiting for?

Bring your whole self to work.
At Brakes 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 help define it.
All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

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