Business Development & Key Accounts Manager

Contract type: Full time permanent 
Location: Acton Office & Remote 
Reporting to: Head of Sales 
Start date: As soon as possible   

Role Summary:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to grow Clearspring’s presence in the UK and manage a core portfolio of key UK customers. The role combines business development and key account management and focusses on strengthening our position across online, major retail, and specialist health food channels. 

Your primary objective will be to deliver the agreed UK sales targets for your direct accounts. You will also help develop Clearspring within target channels, working to jointly agreed KPIs that support sustainable growth and wider brand development. 

In this sales role, you will build meaningful customer relationships and champion Clearspring’s ethos and values to drive incremental growth across your portfolio. You will manage customer communication, commercial terms, negotiations, promotional plans, launches and direct-customer activity. The role will require you to analyse customer and product performance, extract insights, prepare strategic plans, liaise with internal teams and turn those plans into clear, executable actions. 

By joining the Clearspring team, you will advocate our mantra of converting ‘one more acre of land to organic each day!’

Specific Roles: 

• Develop Clearspring’s presence across agreed UK channels
• Develop and manage existing online, wholesale and retailer accounts and drive sustainable growth.
• Champion Clearspring brand values: Protect, Promote, Provide
• Ensure execution of promotional and marketing activities with key customers in line with marketing plans and support them with adequate materials and training. 

Essential Requirements:

• Be a competent and articulate communicator who can build compelling arguments and communicate across strategic business plans.  
• Have a high level of fluency in English, both spoken and written.
• Have 1-2 years of experience in sales and customer management, ideally within the Organic or health food sector.
• Have 1-2 years of experience with pure-play retailers
• Be passionate about working with people and developing strong relationships, both internally and with customers.
• Have strong commercial acumen and analytical skills including Microsoft Excel.  
• Have excellent time management and organisational skills.  
• Be motivated, enthusiastic, and driven.  
• Have a strong interest in health food and the organic market. 

How to apply

For full job description and applications, please send your CV and cover letter to hr@clearspring.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.