Business to Business Account Lead

Location Preston
Discipline: Central Office
Job type: Maternity Cover
Salary: £Competitive
Job ref: 030324
Published: about 3 hours ago
Expiry date: 12 Dec 2025 11:59

Business to Business Account Lead

Full time 37.5 hours based at our Central office in Preston.

Salary: Competitive

This is a Fixed term contract for 12 months with a planned start date of April 2026.

 

What you’ll be doing:

  • Be the main point of contact for our B2B customers and manage the relationship with them, delivering excellent customer service
  • Identify opportunities for sales growth by; proposing new ranges, managing and negotiating cost prices with customers, planning promotional and other marketing activity
  • Ensuring day to day queries from customers are dealt with effectively and efficiently
  • Taking an active role and leading meetings with customers and communicating their requirements internally
  • Completing weekly Sales and Service Level analysis  

 

Your skills and experience:

Essential to the role:

  • Experience of having to effectively prioritize and be adaptable in a professional environment
  • Customer Service Experience
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to take accountability for actions and decisions 
  • The ability to work as part of a close knit team
  • Experience and confidence in dealing with challenging situations
  • To be able to problem solve and find answers for yourself
  • Experience of leading meetings
  • Ability to analyse data to inform commercial decisions
  • Attention to detail
  • UK Driving Licence
  • Willing to travel within the UK

 

Desirable for the role:

  • Experience using Microsoft outlook and excel
  • Food retail or other FMCG experience
  • Line management experience
  • Worked previously in a sales or business related role
  • Educated to degree level
  • GCSE Maths & English grades A-C or equivalent

 

 Job description: B2B Account Lead