Regional Account Manager - Italian Speaking

Regional Account Manager - Italian Speaking

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading food provider. Since the business was founded, the company has expanded rapidly, constantly increasing its product range to ensure they remain a market leader and the number one choice for customers.

About the Regional Account Manager - Italian Speaking job

The purpose of your role will be to drive profitable sales growth across the London foodservice market by winning new business, developing strong distributor partnerships and growing relationships with key foodservice operators. You will identify new commercial opportunities, increase brand presence and work closely with customers and internal teams to deliver sales targets and support the continued growth of the business.

Key tasks

• Develop and grow profitable sales of across the London foodservice market by identifying and winning new business with foodservice distributors, wholesalers, caterers, and premium dining establishments, while delivering regional sales, volume, margin and distribution targets.
• Build, manage and strengthen relationships with regional foodservice distributors, working closely with their sales teams to secure product listings, increase menu penetration, deliver product training, support promotions and ensure optimal product availability, pricing and distribution.
• Drive brand awareness and market presence by working directly with chefs, buyers and menu developers to support product trials, menu development and the successful implementation of new product launches, promotional campaigns, trade shows and regional foodservice events.
• Identify market trends, customer opportunities and competitor activity across the London foodservice sector, using commercial insights to develop new business opportunities and provide regular market feedback to support future growth strategies.
• Maintain accurate sales forecasts, pipeline management and performance reporting, monitoring key regional KPIs and acting as the primary point of contact for customers to ensure excellent service and the effective resolution of commercial issues.

About You

• The successful candidate shall be an experienced B2B foodservice sales professional with a strong knowledge of the London market and a proven track record of winning new business, growing regional accounts and delivering sales targets.
• Fluency in Italian speaking/understanding is a must. 
• Experience within dairy, chilled foods or premium brands would be highly advantageous.
• You should be commercially focused and self-motivated, with good planning skills as well as the ability to identify opportunities to drive profitable growth.
• An understanding of menu development and an existing London foodservice network and the flexibility to travel.

More details

The Regional Account Manager job (ref:9081) is paying £40,000 to £45,000 plus £500 per month car allowance package according to your experience.

This is a homebased remote role with travel needed to clients in the London and Home Counties areas. Candidates should ideally live within a commutable distance to London.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, standard office hours.

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