• Responsibility for developing new business, securing new accounts and managing existing accounts within the food service industry.• Helping grow company through both profitability and market share.• Secure self appointed meetings through active cold calling, sales leads and identifying new business opportunities.• Excellent communication, sales, negotiating and people skills.• Confident sales presentation and product sampling in all areas of food service inc. high end retail… Show more • Responsibility for developing new business, securing new accounts and managing existing accounts within the food service industry.• Helping grow company through both profitability and market share.• Secure self appointed meetings through active cold calling, sales leads and identifying new business opportunities.• Excellent communication, sales, negotiating and people skills.• Confident sales presentation and product sampling in all areas of food service inc. high end retail outlets.• Assisting with product merchandising and displays in retail stores e.g. delis/farm shops. Training provided in product care/presentation.• Initiate and manage product development, promotional and marketing strategies.• Attend food exhibitions, sampling sessions and take active role in management meetings.• Ability to effectively plan and prioritise own workload to achieve maximum output.• Increased market penetration and revenue in each of the main towns within Yorkshire.• Effectively manage accounts to convert lapsed customers to active buyers. Show less

• Inbound sales – converting free 7 day cover into annual policy.• Dealing with at least 60-70 customers per day.• Ability to provide a high level of customer service.• FSA trained and applied to the strict standards that were expected.• Successful objection handling. • Achieved on average 5 up sells per day with the company target of 3.• Call reviews were faultless and others used these for training as standard example calls.

• As a partnership, owning and running a busy, successful café.• Responsible for the complete operation of all aspects of the business, from financial planning, stock control management and marketing. • Training of all new staff members.• Transforming the business; tripling sales revenue and increasing overall profits.• Working intense hours, 6 days a week in order to establish and maintain an increasing customer base and a reputation for excellent service and quality.

• Provided administration and analytic support to a team of 20 Resource Deployment Managers.• Colleted and processed information to be presented to management.• Organised, set up and co-ordinated weekly conference calls.• Liaised with subcontractors and associated managers to coordinate projects.• Initiated changes with the role to provide efficiency and reduce work load within the team.• Assisted with training of colleagues and higher management on tasks and new processes.