Account Manager in Colchester

Darren Leason (Hiring Manager – Business Unit Director)

Proactive Sales: Making high-volume outbound calls to new prospects and existing clients to upsell/cross-sell products

Account Management: Maintaining a portfolio of clients, ensuring long-term success, and conducting regular check-ins

Sales Cycle Management: Handling inbound inquiries, producing quotes, negotiating, and closing deals

CRM Utilization: Keeping accurate, detailed records of customer interactions, pipeline updates, and sales data

Relationship Building: Establishing rapport with decision‑makers, addressing customer inquiries, and resolving disputes

Performance Tracking: Consistently meeting or exceeding monthly and quarterly sales KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

Required Skills and Qualifications

Experience: Proven experience in telesales, outbound sales, or account management

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a confident telephone manner

Drive: Results‑oriented mindset with the ability to work towards strict, high‑volume targets

Technology: Proficiency with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot) and Microsoft Office

Interpersonal Skills: Strong negotiation, persuasion, and relationship‑building abilities

About us

The Bidfresh journey

We’re Bidfresh. A fast growing team of fresh food experts in a collection of regional businesses across the UK. We’re a big business with big ambitions. We succeed by focusing on the detail. By going the extra mile to find the best products. By building relationships with our partners. And by going further to support our teams to develop and grow. Our work is full of excitement, care and a big sense of achievement. And our ‘Fresh’ values guide the way. Make our journey, your journey, and take your first small steps towards a big career adventure.

Rewards and benefits

We’ve created a benefits package that is designed to support you and reward your hard work. Every employee (subject to completion of probation) is automatically entitled to:

• Discounts: Save on Bidfresh products, high street shopping, travel, and cinema tickets
• Free parking: Free parking at our sites
• Health care cash plan: Access to a health care cash plan
• Confidential support and counselling: Access to free confidential support and counselling
• Pension scheme: Access to a pension scheme
• A minimum of 30 days holiday entitlement

Marc Shipton (Hiring Manager – Business Unit Director)