National Account Manager - Central Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - The Airedale Group

Description

Job Description

The Airedale Group

Job Title: National Account Manager

Location: Field Based / Hybrid (East Anglia to North London)

Benefits: Competitive Salary, Company Car and Bonus.

Company Overview: We are the market leading design, installation, and maintenance provider for commercial kitchens in the UK hospitality and food service industry. We work alongside clients from the initial designs through to bespoke fabrication and installation. Coupled with the largest body of professional maintenance engineers in the country, we offer the complete end to end solution to our extensive client base. We have long-standing relationships with many of the biggest multi-site brands in the UK.

Job Summary: Working on our largest account, this is a key role within our Pub retail team, overseeing multiple sites for our client across East Anglia to North London. The successful candidate will have a background in the commercial catering equipment sector, demonstrating both excellent project management and client management skills. This role will have responsibility of producing proposals, and providing estimations and quotes for the customer, so experience in these areas is key.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinating the design, supply, and installation quotations for Commercial catering equipment.
• Arrange regular update meetings with the client and develop solid working relationships.
• Create detailed proposals and quotations for the client.
• Hold accountability for project spend, ensuring this is kept within agreed budget.
• Manage lead times, working with the wider team to ensure project milestones are achieved on time.
• Work collectively with the team to ensure both department and personal KPI's are achieved.
• Proactively identify and propose ideas that will improve internal operations and increase productivity.

Key Requirements:

• Project management experience within the Commercial Catering Sector.
• Proven success in developing key customer relationships.
• Experience in estimating/quote creation.
• Flexible with frequent travel to customer sites.
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced business and meeting tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and ability to work as team player.
• Previous career experience within a Design/Draughtsman role, would be highly beneficial.

This is a fantastic time to be joining The Airedale Group and be part of our growth journey, with an exciting future ahead. The Group employs 650+ people across multiple locations in the UK and offers significant scope for career progression.