Account Manager
(Bartholomews Bird Food)
The Role:
This is a new office-based opening within bird seed department working at our offices in Chichester and to help deliver on our promise of exceptional customer service.
The role will involve connecting with current customers, identifying new prospects and opportunities and managing the prospect listings. Connecting with customers by telephone and utilising our CRM system, raising awareness about all the bird-food products and services we provide and generating new leads. The role will also encompass helping with the day to day running of the department to answer customer enquiries and ensure we are always delivering first class customer service.
We are looking for a candidate with an excellent professional telephone manner, who is tenacious and resilient with experience in telesales and developing new business in a customer facing role. You will need to be organised and comfortable working with data / CRM systems. Working knowledge gained within the agricultural industry, related feed or country-store business would be advantageous.
About Bartholomews:
Our vision is ‘Leading in our field, developing a sustainable Agri Food Chain’.
As a main contributor in the UK agri-foods sector, headquartered in Chichester, West Sussex, operating across the southern counties of England and marketing grain throughout Europe, we are a business built on perpetuity, first established in 1883 and continuing to grow.
The business provides a range of agricultural services and essential supplies to the farming community including the sale and marketing of grain, the sale and supply of seed, the manufacture and supply of fertilisers, crop protection products and animal, birdseed, and game feeds. We also provide technical advisory agronomy service to our customers, and we are engaged in ongoing research and development through our extensive crop trial programs.
Our Mission:
Integral part of the food chain connecting growers with UK and European consumers, adopting new technologies and always striving for sustainable food security.
Our Core Values:
· Perpetuity - privately owned, always independent & equipped for the future.
· Team - working together & winning together.
· Integrity -Honesty, honour & flexibility everyday.
· Sustainability – working with stakeholders to develop leading solutions with fewer resources.
· Equitable – by offering equal value and terms, we build long-lasting relationships.
Please get in touch with us directly if you would like to know more about this fantastic opportunity to grow with us and develop a long-term, rewarding career.
Please contact us on Tel: 01243 755767 if you have any questions, to apply please send us your CV and a brief covering note telling us why the role interests you.
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