Area Sales Manager – Food Services – NI

About Your New Employer

Working for an Irish owned family run business that is over 30 years old. They are hugely successful and are an Irish Manufacturer of Ingredients & Sauces for Food Services, Retail and Manufacturing with operations in Ireland, the UK and Europe.

About your Area Sales Manager job in Northern Ireland

• Manage and motivate a Team of 3 Sales Executives and to grow this team

• Deliver regional sales targets and drive new business growth.
• Identify and win new food service customers.
• Develop key accounts through structured account planning and regular customer engagement.
• Monitor market and competitor activity to identify opportunities and risks.

• Lead, coach and develop the Food service Sales team and set clear targets, KPIs and action plans.
• Conduct regular field visits, reviews and sales training.

• Develop strong relationships with national and regional food service distributors.
• Work with distributor sales teams to grow shared customers and deliver joint sales plans.
• Support promotions, new product launches and category initiatives.

• Support forecasting and sales planning with accurate reporting.

What Skills You Need for this Area Sales Manager job

• Experience in managing a Field Sales Team
• Proven experience in food service sales is essential for this role
• Knowledge of the Irish food service market
• Strong communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working with distributor networks.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills with confidence using sales data and KPIs.
• Full, clean driving licence and living within the Northern Ireland Territory.

What’s on Offer

This role comes with a base salary of circa 70-75k along with Bonus plus Benefits such as Healthcare, Car, Fuelcard, Phone and Laptop.

• Bonus
• Healthcare
• Car
• Fuelcard
• Phone
• Laptop

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