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We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Sales & Account Manager to spearhead the growth of our food machine sales within the hospitality and food service industry. This role is a maternity contracted position for 9-12 months.
This role combines proactive new business development with strategic account management, ensuring long-term partnerships with high-profile clients such as sports stadiums, hotels, and theme parks.
The successful candidate will be both a hunter and a farmer: identifying new opportunities while nurturing existing relationships to maximise revenue and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities for contracted Sales and Account Manager:
Sales Development:
- Identify, target, and secure new business opportunities within the hospitality and food service sector.
- Deliver compelling product demonstrations and presentations tailored to client needs.
- Negotiate contracts and close deals to achieve and exceed sales targets.
- Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key accounts.
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring seamless communication and support.
- Develop account growth strategies, upselling and cross-selling where appropriate.
- Monitor customer satisfaction and proactively resolve issues.
- Proven track record in B2B sales, ideally within hospitality, food service equipment, or related industries.
- Experience managing large accounts and complex sales cycles.
- Familiarity with selling into venues such as stadiums, hotels, and theme parks is highly desirable.
- Strong negotiation and closing abilities.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Relationship-building expertise with senior stakeholders.
- Commercial acumen and ability to identify growth opportunities.
Job Features
| Job Category | Customer Services |
| Salary | £25000 - £30000 OTE |
| Working Hours | Full Time |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Job ID | 6634/7 |
Due to ambitious growth and expansion, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Warehouse Driver to join a well-established and dynamic business based in the heart of Romsey. As a Warehouse Driver you will work in clean stores environment, where various supplies are stocked.
Duties for Warehouse Driver:
- Strong understanding of stock and inventory control
- Experience with SAP/Produmex (preferred)
- Minimum age of 26, with a clean driving licence for local deliveries
- Valid forklift licence.
Job Features
| Job Category | Warehouse |
| Salary | £25,000 |
| Working Hours | Fulltime |
| Contract Type | Permanent Temporary |
| Job ID | 4019/46 |
The Work Shop are delighted to be recruiting for a Sales Administrator (1 year Maternity Contract Immediate Start) for a growing company based in Nursling, Southampton
Benefits of Sales Administrator:
- Salary up to £26,000
- Southampton office
- Office based - 5 days per week. 8:30am – 5pm
- 23 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 28 with service
- Pension – 5% employee contribution, 3% employer (rises with service – max 8%)
- Free car parking
- Life assurance and income protection after 3 months
- Employee Assistance Programme
- To provide general sales office support to the team.
- Answer the telephone
- Make prospect calls to old & new clients
- Respond to emails
- Preparing and sending quotations
- Follow up quotes
- Prepare information for reports
- Filing
- Data input
Job Features
| Job Category | Office & Administration |
| Salary | £26000 |
| Working Hours | Full time |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Job ID | 3788/16 |
We are working with a successful and well-established company in Ringwood who are looking for a Trainee Mechanical Engineer to support their Estimating and Project team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to start a career within mechanical engineering and gain valuable on the job learning through a tailored training plan.
Previous engineering experience isn’t necessary. If you have an interest in the industry, the right attitude and strong numeracy skills then you will be considered.
Key duties of Trainee Mechanical Engineer:
- Assist with reviewing drawings, specifications, and tender documents
- Request and gather supplier and subcontractor quotations
- Input data into spreadsheets and cost summaries
- Support preparation of tender submissions and budgets
- Receive ongoing training and mentoring from experienced engineers
- Interest in mechanical engineering or building services
- Good numeracy and comfortable using Excel
- Willingness to learn technical and commercial skills
- Attention to detail and good communication
- Any mechanical qualification (BTEC/HNC/HND) is an advantage but not essential
- Tailored training plan with clear 6-monthly development targets
- Combination of internal mentoring and external training courses
- Structured progression into an estimator, design engineer, project manager, or wider technical role as experience grows
- £24,000 – £32,000 and flexibility depending on experience
- Full training and long-term career development
- Exposure to real mechanical projects and live tenders
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Free onsite parking
Job Features
| Job Category | Engineering |
| Salary | £24000 - £30000 |
| Working Hours | Full Time |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Job ID | 6717/2 |
Our client a very established, secure and growing organisation are looking for a credit control clerk ledger clerk based in Nursling in Southampton
The benefits of the Credit Control Clerk includes
- Upto 33 days holiday allowance,
- A share in the company profits paid monthly tax free currently around £200
- The opportunity to become a trained Fire Marshall or First Aired (bonus applied)
- Staff discount on all stock
- Post and allocate payments to customer accounts accurately and reconcile accounts where required
- Process credit account applications including obtaining credit reports/searches
- Monitor and review customer credit limits
- Ensure that the company credit policy is adhered to by the sales team
- Contact customers for overdue payments via telephone, letter and email
- Keep customer notes updated and resolve customer queries quickly
- Any other duties in line with your job role
- Previous experience in credit control, accounts receivable or a similar finance role
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent numeracy skills
- Confident use of the Microsoft Office suite of programs
- The ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
Job Features
| Job Category | Accounting & Finance |
| Salary | £27000 |
| Working Hours | Full Time |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Job ID | 2200/9 |
We are pleased to be recruiting for a Project Administrator to join a well-established and friendly company based in Salisbury. The ideal candidate will be a proactive and efficient multitasker who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
As the Project Administrator, you will work closely with the Project Managers as a member of the Projects Team providing efficient planning and administration of projects across the business.
Main duties of the Project Administrator
- Work under the direction of the Project Manager to provide administrative support across the projects department
- Be responsible for specific elements of a project and/or individual smaller size projects
- Take responsibility for ensuring components of a project are in stock or ordered to arrive within the project time scale
- Preparation of client quotations for projects, client visual packs and presentations
- Liaison with Project Managers and Production Workshops as required to ensure items are manufactured correctly within timescales and budgets
- Administrative experience and excellent organisational skills
- Excellent time management and prioritising skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines
- Thorough, accuracy-focused approach with great attention to detail
- IT Literate with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office 365
- Proactive, supportive, and willing to take responsibility/ownership
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate at all levels
- Strong work ethic and adaptable to change
Job Features
| Job Category | Office & Administration |
| Salary | £27000 |
| Working Hours | Full Time |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Job ID | 6707/56 |
Our client is a leading Technology business, trusted by global brands to deliver excellence.
They are looking for someone who is ready to kick-start their career in Purchasing as a Junior Buyer within a fast paced, well established and growing organisation.
This role is based near Poole and will involve supporting a small Buying team. The ideal candidate be a detail-driven problem-solver with a passion for organisation and a knack for making things happen.
Some purchasing experience would be desirable, but this isn’t essential, however you will need to possess strong administrative skills gained within a similar environment such as Production, FMCG, Distribution, Manufacturing or Technical.
As a Junior Buyer, you will be doing the following:
- Coordinating day-to-day purchasing of parts and materials to meet tight deadlines
- Keeping a close eye on stock levels and managing open quotes
- Investigating and resolving supply chain issues to ensure smooth operations
- Working closely with Account Managers to support client needs
- Building relationships with new and existing suppliers
- Monitoring supplier performance and addressing quality or delivery issues
- Supporting improvement initiatives to streamline our procurement process
- Communication: Clear, confident, and professional – both written and spoken
- Organisation: You’re a master of multitasking and prioritising
- Problem-solving: Calm under pressure with a proactive mindset
- Tech skills: Confident with MS Office (especially Excel) and using MRP
- Detail-focused: Accuracy is your second nature
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Company pension scheme
- Company events & social activities
- Bereavement leave
- 4x Life insurance
- Free & on-site parking
Job Features
| Job Category | Purchasing |
We are seeking a detail-oriented and reliable Picker Packer to join our client’s business on a temp to perm basis.
As a Picker Packer, you will be responsible for preparing and packing products and orders for shipment in a warehouse environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a busy and friendly team and growing organisation.
Responsibilities:
- Pick, pack and prepare products for shipment according to specific instructions
- Ensuring accuracy and quality control by inspecting products for any defects or damages
- Advising the Team Leader when stock volumes are low
- Regular stock taking
- Using equipment in a safe manner
- Finding suitable alternatives for out-of-stock items
- Maintaining a clean and organised work area to ensure safety and efficiency
- Collaborating with team members to meet production goals and deadline
- Goods in/Goods out
- Previous experience in a warehouse or production environment preferred
- Familiarity with quality control procedures and attention to detail
- Knowledge of shipping and receiving processes is a plus
- Systems experience is a part of this role, although automated, it would require an individual who is confident using systems
Job Features
| Job Category | Warehouse |
| Salary | £12.21 P/H |
| Working Hours | Full Time |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Job ID | 7855/9 |
Due to ambitious growth and expansion, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Warehouse Operative/ Van Driver to join a well-established and dynamic business based in the heart of Romsey. As a Warehouse Operative you will work in clean stores environment, where various supplies are stocked.
Duties for Warehouse Operative/Van Driver:
We have an immediate requirement for a Warehouse Operative/ Van driver at our office and need to begin the recruitment process as soon as possible. The ideal candidate should possess the following skills and qualifications:
- Strong understanding of stock and inventory control
- Experience with SAP/Produmex (preferred)
- Minimum age of 26, with a clean driving licence for local deliveries
- Valid forklift licence.
Job Features
| Job Category | Warehouse |
| Salary | £25000 |
| Working Hours | Full Time |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Job ID | 4019/45 |
