Customer Development Executive - Unilever Ice Cream

Territory Covers: Liverpool, Preston, Blackpool, Lancaster & surrounding areas

12 months fixed term contract, could lead to longer term opportunities

Salary upto £29k with potential 10% annual performance bonus, company car & fuel card

We help brands sell more. Operating in multiple sectors, we specialise in three core industries; financial services, grocery and technology.

Working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, you’ll be helping global brands - such as, Unilever, Britvic, PepsiCo, Kerry Foods and Microsoft  – deliver their key sales and marketing strategies. You’ll find yourself part of a friendly and supportive team and will always have the opportunity to take ownership of tasks and demonstrate your ideas and initiative.

What you will be doing? 

As a Customer Development Executive, you will be responsible for opening up opportunities and growing sales of Unilever Ice Cream (specifically, the Wall’s, Carte D’or and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brands) and Unilever Food Solutions products (e.g. Hellmann's Mayonnaise & Colman's Mustard) within a range of locations, including (but not limited to): leisure centres/swimming pools; cafes/kiosks in the park; soft plays; big visitor attractions such as zoos/museums; corner shops & independent convenience stores; and hotels & restaurants.

As part of this role, you will work with a portfolio of existing customers.  However, you will also be responsible for identifying and securing new business opportunities (this will involve cold calling), negotiating contracts and joint business plans. 

You will regularly review performance of ice cream & food solutions products within the sites that you have opened up and work closely with the on-site decision makers to increase sales.

You will also develop and maintain commercial relationships with Head Office (Unilever) contacts, agreeing ranging and visibility solutions and then clearly communicate these execution requirements to individual customer sites.

What’s in it for you?

We recognise that people are the key to our success. That’s why we make sure everyone at McCurrach enjoys continuous support, career development opportunities and great perks, including:

• Upto £29k salary + 10% bonus and tax free lunch allowance
• We champion equality & inclusivity and are passionate about creating a workplace that promotes and values diversity. 
• On top of your 23 days paid holidays and bank holidays, you can purchase additional annual leave of up to 5 days per annum
• Family Friendly policies- including enhanched maternity, paternity and smart working policy
• We encourage flexibility, life outside of work and a healthy work/life balance are so important so take advantage of our smart working policy
• We care about your mental wellbeing – our Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid access provides all colleagues and immediate family with 24/7 support on physical, financial & mental wellbeing
• Annual pay reviews and access to early pay
• Plus, lots of amazing discounts, life assurance x3 salary, enhanced sick pay, health cash plan, discounted private health care & more
• Fantastic progression opportunities across Avidity Group

Who are we looking for?

Our Ice Cream team is a competitive, exciting and fun environment and is perfect for sales people who have a desire to work with market leading brands. We are also looking for:

• Strong organisational and diary management skills, as you will be operating fairly independently
• Experience of cold calling
• Drive to identify and bring in new business opportunities 
• Account management experience: the ability to build and maintain strong client and customer relationships is essential

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, don't miss out - apply now!

Please note this role requires a full UK manual driving licence (with no more than 6 pts or previous bans), all offers will be subject to successful completion of a DVLA licence check. This is a field based role which will involve regular travel on a daily basis, so you must be comfortable driving distance. Overnights may be required on occasion.