Food Service Manager

Job description / Role

About the client: Market Leaders in manufacturing and distribution of food packaging solutions.

Job description:

- Develop and implement strategies to bring in new business and prepare quarterly, yearly sales plans for the team as well as for the salesman
- Manage, mentor, and lead sales team members to achieve monthly sales target
- Finding new opportunities by searching customer leads through SEO and LinkedIn, market research, reference, etc.
- Interact with sales representatives, team leaders/managers, and executives to evaluate sales strategy and results
- Follow-up on potential sales leads and meet customers at their place or arrange necessary meeting at the office to introduce them about the product range
- Analyze sales data and recommend changes or improvements for better customer satisfaction and future revenue
- Resolve customer complaints by providing necessary information and alternative solutions and other aspects as per the requirements
- Monitoring collection with the sales team and do the necessary follow-up and coordinate the collection team to achieve the monthly collection as per the plan
- Running sales, collection, cost, profit, item wise, customer wise, salesman wise to monitor the overall sales process through Orion program
- Providing significant reports and plans to direct manager and HR team in order to improve the performance & productivity.
- Provide necessary approvals for orders, quotations, sample request on the portal to expedite the sales process among the team
- Providing valuable feedback from customer’s perspective to our production/Engineering team to enhance our products.
- Provide information regarding new products/ suppliers to the procurement team to streamline our supply chain.
- Provide market competitor inputs regarding New openings, products, sale prices etc. to the procurement team to widen our depth in the market.
- Monitoring and interacting with CRM program to make sure the daily sales team planner

Salary:
AED 20,000 to 25,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

- Work experience in a similar capacity.
- Ideally from Consumer goods / Food and Beverage Industry
- Well versed with Sales process & customer service management
- Strong work ethic
- UAE Market knowledge

About the Company

Hiring the right talent is key to your company’s success. Southgate & Co aims to stand out in terms of service and quality with a hands on approach. We provide recruitment consultation services to clients and candidates in various sectors. Our aim is to build long lasting relationships and become an extension of your business, so that we work collaboratively with you as our client to ensure that you can achieve your vision.

We are constantly searching for suitable applicants in the Sales and Marketing domain in various sectors including among others; FMCG, F&B, Tech & Digital.

Contact Southgate & Co today to discover how we can map and enhance your next career journey.