Key Account Manager

About the Role

A key member in a small team, this role manages a range of accounts across the UK in the Food and Closures business. 
The successful post holder will ensure they are maximising sales, enhancing margins and increasing business development. 

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the sales targets, margin enhancement and profit projections within the realms of the UK customer base by ensuring product mix, pricing, standardisation and NPD
• Be the focal point for the management of Eviosys relationship with its customers, ensuring the relationship is proactive
• Prepare, maintain and develop the Key Account Plans and management of major customers 
• Liaise with plants and customers with regard to medium and long term sales forecasting, including the responsibility for customer forecast accuracy and management of slow moving stock
• Management of customer complaints in close liaison with plant teams, ensuring effective and proactive communication and resolution
• Management of various customer projects both with the customer and internally within Eviosys
• Produce monthly sales reports and date on time in full
• Responsible for pursuing overdue accounts to ensure due diligence with regard to working capitol
• Develop positive, proactive relationships across internal Eviosys departments

Key Skills

Essential

• Experience of working in a commercial environment, ideally within a manufacturing industry. 
• Demonstrated success in achieving sales targets
• High levels of commercial acumen
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to understand technical information and promote Evisosys products and innovations. 
• Able to effectively manage and maintain peer and business relationships with a high degree of integrity and trust.
• Strong interpersonal skills; written, verbal and listening
• Proactive, enthusiastic and  self driven with a motivated attitude
• Highly numerate & attention to detail
• Ability to travel as required with the role, up to 30% of the time. 

Desirable

• Knowledge of metal/packaging