Job Description - Account Manager - Food - JHB - - Johannesburg

Job Description - Account Manager - Food - JHB

One of our esteemed clients, being a leading stockist and supplier of chemicals, raw materials and ingredients, is seeking an Account Manager - Food for their Food business (chemicals and raw materials).

Key responsibilities

Develop at different levels, a transverse relationship with the customer and ensures strategic alignment.
Maintain current business within customer portfolio, grow basket with new products and regain any lost business
Ensure and improve customer satisfaction and Loyalty.
Understand the Customers overall business and activities (Competitive Environment, Growth Strategy, productivity, profitability).
Drive the development of operational and strategic plans jointly with the Customer and the internal organisation (Targets, Budgets).
Actively pursue business opportunities, and ensure that there is healthy pipeline
Drive closure of long-term sales contracts.
Ensure accurate sales forecasts.
Act as main interface between our employees and the customer contracts, if it is relevant
Ensure a coherent implementation of commercial conditions in all markets and the solving of potential conflicts

Knowledge & Skills