Commercial Sales Executive

Commercial Executive

Hybrid- West Yorkshire - 3 days per week in office

Major Talent are partnered with a global leading beverage, extracts and ingredients company that have offices across the Europe, Asia and North America and sell in to brands, retailers and foodservices worldwide

We are looking to speak with candidates that have sales experience with flavours, ingredients or beverages. What is important is your passion and hunger for a rewarding career in sales.

As a Commercial Executive will be responsible for supporting distributors in Europe and will be the key contact, actively seeking out new opportunities for the business as well as providing support to the European sales team

Responsibilities of a Commercial Executive

• Manage leads through CRM. This includes qualifying leads, identifying customer needs and fit with business, and managing the process through to an opportunity/new account.
• Manage incoming customer enquiries and have the ability to decide who these should be managed by i.e. via a distributor, the commercial manager or another region
• Management of any wholesale/distributor and other designated customers within the agreed region
• Deliver growth objectives for these accounts as agreed with Commercial Manager
• Manage the S&OP process for the agreed customer base ensuring that all updates are completed within the agreed Supply Chain timelines
• Manage new customer onboarding and setup
• Management of CRM data, ensuring information is correctly inputted and up-to-date
• Generation of regular and ad hoc sales reports
• Monitoring and tracking Distributor Account Plans and KPI's, eventually taking the lead on developing these plans

Skills Required to be a Commercial Executive

• Experience working with customers in a sales environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact and coordinate activities with internal colleagues and the customer
• Experience working with flavours, ingredients or beverages
• The ability to prioritise tasks effectively and manage pressure to meet deadlines
• Previous sales AND/OR business development experience
• Experience with flavours, ingredients or beverages

What's in it for you?

• Base Salary up to �40,000 DOE
• Company Bonus
• 25 days paid annual leave
• Life Assurance & Private Medical
• Company Pension
• Employee Discount Schemes

If you are interested, please click apply now and one of our recruitment specialists will be in touch.

Major Recruitment are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

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