South Lincs Foodservice has proudly served as a cornerstone of the local foodservice industry in South Lincolnshire and its surrounding areas for over a century. With an enduring dedication to our customers, we prioritize delivering excellence with every interaction. At South Lincs Foodservice, we uphold the values of traditional quality service while embracing modern efficiency and innovation. We have a new excellent opportunity for a Field Sales Manager to lead and coordinator a motivated sales team and deliver margin growth across a geographic area through new and existing customers. You will need to manage and prospect prestigious accounts within a geographical area to support independent freetrade sales. You will be driven, proactive, self-confident, self-starter with resilience, tenacity and excellent communication skills. Role Essentials Develop strategic mix of business and achieve growth in sales by working with senior management team to achieve profit target, taking responsibility for achieving own KPIsLead, develop and motivate the sales management team so that they deliver against their business forecasts/targets/margin/YOY, including the management of performance, delivering training individual development needs utilising direct customer feedback and shaping team dynamicsSupport team to identify every sales and profit growth opportunity in their sector in order to maximise all possible lines and achieving or exceeding sales budgets, including understanding all the commercial aspects of an account and achieving the profit margins through formulating budgets, analysing key data and making projections for each quarter.Demonstrate the expected behaviours and standards of a people leader to recruit, engage and develop the capability of our people via succession plans and generate the right high performance culture for our business.Manage and prospect/win prestigious accounts to drive sales and support and work with the sales teams in order to ensure the development and retention of accounts and maximise the commercial opportunities availableFacilitate and influence communication and activity at a high level with customers, suppliers and teams to ensure delivery of profit margins and maximise marketing and telesales call centre activityEnsure that good management practice and all processes are followed in order to ensure the health and safety of our employees and customers.Who we’re looking for Thorough knowledge and understanding of the food industryStrong leadership skills and an ability to inspire sales teamsProven track record of achieving targets and driving sales growth in a businessExcellent selling and influencing skillsStrong communication and presentation skillsCustomer driven with a collaborative and hands-on approachTeam focussed with the ability to achieve success through othersAbility to think and act in a commercial way that makes sustainable profitKey decision maker with regards to winning new business v retention and growth of existing accountsCurrent driving licence and ability to work across the region as required for customer base The Benefits Bonus & Car allowanceCompany PensionHealth care plan25 days holiday plus Bank HolidaysMobile phone & LaptopProduct / Shopping discountsO2 & Virgin Media Discount Salary: 50,000 – 60,000 base salary dependent on experienceLocation: Field Based