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Technical Sales Manager - Human Nutrition
Title: Technical Sales Manager – Human Nutrition
Location: Remote, occasional requirement on site in West Midlands office
Salary: £45,000 – £65,000 (dependent upon experience) + benefits
Term: Permanent
SRG is exclusively partnering with a leading food ingredient distributor in the West Midlands, who offer a wide range of innovative raw materials to manufacturers and brands in the UK food, beverage and nutritional markets. With a big focus on in-house recipe development and manufacturing, collaboration and customer centricity, they have a well-known reputation for success in the market.
Our client believes that delivering value starts with their people. By placing employee development at the heart of everything they do, they empower teams to grow, innovate and excel in their roles. This commitment not only enhances individual potential but also drives the exceptional service and solutions their customers deserve, ensuring they consistently exceed expectations and set new standards of excellence.
Adopting a value-based sales approach, you will travel extensively across the UK, regularly meeting customers to continually build, develop and grow customer relationships across supplement and nutraceuticals manufacturers and brands.
Benefits: Company car, 20% bonus (purely based on individual performance), company credit card and private healthcare amongst other benefits.
Role / Description
Managing existing customer accounts in a national UK geographical region
Identifying, contacting and developing new business using a variety of methods
Promoting the company's range of innovative food ingredients
Protecting existing market presence, whilst simultaneously growing this across the UK supplement and nutraceuticals industries
Growing existing customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and ultimately look to increase account spend
Travelling approximately 1/3 of your time across the UK to visit customer sites
Maintaining and updating the database to build a national customer pool
Keeping abreast of product development & trends in the food and beverage industries.
Requirements
Direct experience in consultative and technical sales of supplements and/or nutraceuticals ingredients or finished products
Degree-level qualified (or equivalent) in Chemistry, Food Science or a closely related subject
Experience with delivering technical presentations on food speciality ingredients
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Willing, and excited, to travel 1/3 of your time across the whole of the UK
Full, clean UK driving licence
A proactive approach and drive to deliver exceptional customer service.
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Keywords: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Account Management, Business Development, Ingredient Sales, Technical Sales, Raw Materials, Collagen, Flavours, Proteins, Vitamins, Hydrocolloids, Prebiotics, Postbiotics, Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Human Nutrition.
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£45000 – £65000/annum