Quick overview
Job description
Location: Sunderland & surrounding areas
Salary: 35,000 + benefits
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
We're looking for a commercially driven Territory Sales Manager to grow sales and develop customer relationships across Sunderland and the surrounding areas.
This is a field-based role focused on building relationships with independent fast-food operators, caterers and foodservice customers, developing existing accounts and winning new business.
The Role
You'll take ownership of your territory, managing your own customer visits and identifying opportunities to grow sales and profitability.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building strong relationships with existing and new customers.
- Growing sales and developing customer accounts.
- Identifying and winning new business.
- Planning and managing your territory and customer visits.
You'll ideally have:
- Experience in field-based sales within foodservice, wholesale, fast food or catering.
- Good knowledge of the independent foodservice market.
- Confidence in winning new business and developing existing accounts.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach and the ability to work independently.
Foodservice or fast-food industry knowledge is essential.
Why join us?
This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of your own territory, make a real impact on business growth and work with a diverse range of independent customers.
You'll be joining a supportive sales team where customer relationships, service and commercial success are equally valued.
Salary: 35,000 per annum + benefits
If you have the industry knowledge, sales experience and drive to grow a territory, we'd love to hear from you.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
WR Logistics are a leading recruitment partner for the logistics and supply chain industry, recruiting across the UK, Europe, and the USA for permanent opportunities.
WR Logistics is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
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