· Seek and obtain new clients as per agreed sales plan and plan and implement this plan for new and existing business throughout the South East (Kilkenny, Carlow and Waterford) .
· Develop strong nurturing relationships with new and existing schools, building on the Carambola brand within the South East Region.
· Ensure schools are fully aware of the company's services and food offerings/products and that these are promoted on an ongoing basis.
· Actively listen and ask the right questions to rectify any customer concerns/complaints, update the team in Head Office, agree a solution and communicate this back to the school.
· Identify the different customer requirements in schools through analysing trends in their feedback and adapt these needs to suit their requirements.
· Schedule your working week in advance, taking into consideration all relevant information recorded in CRM and other updates.
· Meet teachers in schools on a daily/weekly/monthly basis as required and respond accordingly to all requests in an efficient timeframe.
· Develop strong relationships with in-school hot food colleagues to monitor our service in schools and report issues in a timely manner.
· Have daily/weekly meetings with the Customer Care Manager and Head Office to look at requests or to resolve issues in transport or services to schools as well as relaying successes.
· Check daily administration giving feedback to Head Office on the same day ensuring there are no back logs or delays.
· Meet targets set by Head Office on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
· Provide weekly reports to Head Office as required.
· Ensure that the highest Health and Safety and Quality standards are adhered to at all times.
· Ensure that all Company policies and practices are adhered to at all times.
· Communicate with all staff ensuring professionalism and politeness are exercised at all times.
· Carry out any other duties that may be required from time to time.
This list is not exhaustive
Essential Criteria

• Ambitious, enthusiastic and passionate about driving sales.
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Highly confidential.
• Strategic thinker, identifying opportunities for change, executing them in a timely manner and always looking at the bigger picture.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Solutions focused with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Ability to work under pressure whilst dealing with constraints that are often outside of your control.
• Highly motivated, able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Packages in particular MS Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Experience with CRM or similar account management tools.
• Flexible with a can-do attitude.

Hours of work will be 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday and salary will be commensurate with experience.
Carambola is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Job Type: Full-time, Term-Time position. Working the school Calendar year.
Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Employee assistance program

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• South East Region (Kilkenny, Carlow and Wicklow): reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Key Account Management: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person