Sales Manager
Trident Way, Southall
Competitive salary DOE, car allowance, annual bonus scheme + benefits

This is an amazing opportunity to help make a difference and save the planet by making a positive impact in a ground-breaking business who truly put safety at the heart of everything we do and have big plans for the future.

Olleco is on a mission to help protect the planet, working together with thousands of foodservice businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by hundreds and thousands of tonnes. We are now looking for a Sales Manager to join our team and help us to continue to do things the right way for customers, colleagues and the planet.

With over 1,000 colleagues in multiple sites nationwide delivering excellence performance, we supply premium cooking oils, and collect organic waste, which is then converted into bio-methane, electricity, heat and organic fertiliser. We offer the human touch with a local, community based depots which seek to give back to those communities every chance we get.

Within a diverse and inclusive environment, you will have the chance to contribute to our H&S culture and help us maintain our reputation for operational excellence.

As a Sales Manager based in Southall, you will be a fundamental part of our team, enabling us to continue with our mission to serve the planet, a purpose we care strongly about and are committed to.

Why join us?

- You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference, help us to become more successful and deliver more benefits to the environment
- We’re growing and so will you be able to develop your own career
- We provide opportunities for you to develop your career, we encourage continuous learning and pride ourselves on promoting from within
- Help us achieve even more amazing things

What do we expect of each other?

- That each of us act like owners of this growing business
- We collaborate to enable us to be the best we can be - especially when it comes to safety and wellbeing!
- We are committed to making food sustainable and ensuring that nothing is wasted so we encourage our colleagues to come forward with their ideas
- Focus on the things that matter and approach every situation proactively and with agility

This is the role that’s on offer for the right person:

As a Sales Manager, you will lead and inspire the London Sales team, expand our customer base and deliver excellent customer service and sales growth.

You’ll also account manage key HEP Oils customers and pay frequent visits to ensure long standing, profitable relationships.

A little bit more about the role:

- Manage the London based Field Sales Team and a dotted line to telesales team
- Manage customer accounts
- Work collaboratively with colleagues
- Ensure that the sales team perform all duties in a safe manner
- Provide one on one supervision and support BDEs as needed
- Create and maintain regular monthly competitor activity reports
- Ensure maintenance of target volumes of new oil and UCO delivered to and collected from new customers
- Oversee Credit Control

Interested?

What are we looking for? As you can imagine, you’ll need a broad range of personal skills to succeed, but we don’t expect you to have everything from the start! We will coach, train and support you, it’s more important that you have the right interpersonal skills and the intelligence to grasp our business and take us forward.

We will be looking for:

- Experience in planning and implementing sales strategies
- Experience in customer relationship management
- Experience managing and directing a sales or customer service team
- Experience of food service, UCO collection, or related industry
- Experience with computer systems, including Excel and CRM systems
- Strong sales and customer service skills
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths (grade C/4 or above)

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Other organisations may call this role Customer Account Manager, Client Account Manager, Account Manager, Field Account Manager, Business Development Manager, BDM, Sales Representative, Field Sales Executive, Area Sales Rep, Territory Sales Executive, or Regional Account Manager.