Senior Account Manager | Food Ingredients

We are working with a leading international food ingredients manufacturer to appoint a Senior Account Manager.

This is a commercial, customer-facing role offering the opportunity to grow key accounts, win new business and make a real impact within a successful UK operation.

The Opportunity

You will manage strategic customer accounts while identifying and developing new opportunities across the UK food industry.

Working closely with commercial, technical and R&D teams, you'll help deliver tailored customer solutions and support continued business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and grow key customer accounts
• Develop and convert new business opportunities
• Lead pricing, negotiations and forecasting activities
• Support customer projects with technical and R&D teams
• Deliver customer presentations, workshops and project meetings
• Share market insights and support UK growth initiatives

About You

We are interested in speaking with people who:

• Have 5+ years' experience within food ingredients, dairy, flavours, savoury or food manufacturing
• Have a proven track record in account management and business development
• Bring strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills
• Have a technical understanding of food technology or product development (desirable)
• Enjoy building long-term customer relationships
• Are comfortable working independently and travelling regularly

Why This Role?

• Join a respected international ingredients business
• Manage established accounts while driving new growth
• Work closely with UK and European teams
• Enjoy autonomy, flexibility and long-term career development
• Access international training and development opportunities

Additional Info

Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 + company car and benefits

Travel: UK-wide with occasional European travel

Eligibility: Full UK working rights and full driving licence required

Interested?

If you have experience within food ingredients, food manufacturing or food technology, I would be very interested in having a confidential conversation.

Ready to take the next step? Send your CV to our People Consultant, Lisa Fox, and have a chat about your future.

Applicants must be based in the UK with full working rights.

Due to high application volumes, if you do not hear from us within a week, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.