The Role
An exciting opportunity for a talented Account Manager, or an experienced Account Executive ready to step up, to join the Non-Retail Sales Team at Barfoots.
The role focuses on delivering strong customer service and driving profitable growth by building relationships, spotting opportunities, and making Barfoots a key partner to customers. You’ll be part of a business with a clear mission to deliver great-tasting vegetable products that are good for you, good for the environment, and easy to use.
This is anautonomous role with support, suited to proactive individuals comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Reporting to the Head of Non-Retail Sales, you’ll manage your own accounts while working closely with internal teams.
You’ll need to be well organised with good attention to detail, supporting high service levels, managing budgets, tracking performance against forecasts, and sharing clear commercial information to support decision-making.
This role suits an ambitious Account Executive or early-career Account Manager looking to step up and take greater commercial ownership, initially managing customers within the box schemes sector of non-retail, with scope to take on wider responsibility over time.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and deliver account plans to grow sales and profitability
- Use market, customer, and consumer insight to support commercial decisions and new product ideas
- Deliver a high level of customer service and support account growth
- Build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Provide accurate information to support planning, forecasting, and performance tracking
- Proactively manage customers and organise customer visits and reviews
- Manage costing and pricing for existing and new product opportunities
- Negotiate pricing and commercial terms
- Handle day-to-day account administration
Join us and you'll get
Why Work for Barfoots?
- Investors In People Silver Award status.
- Company pension scheme
- 24/7 Online GP access
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Benefits Platform
- Development opportunities
- Discounted leisure membership
- Discounted vegetable box scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Approved training centre for Highfield qualifications
- Committed to Sustainability