Senior National Account Manager – Grocery
- Employer
- Ashwood Executive Search International
- Location
- Home Based
- Salary
- £££ Very competitive basic + car + bonus + benefits
- Closing date
- 8 Aug 2014
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Customer Services, Marketing, National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
If you’re already a high achiever in a National Account Manager role and are looking for an opportunity to develop with a leading name in the Food Industry, we’d like to hear from you.
We’re looking for exceptional Account Managers who have already proven their ability within an FMCG business, who are intelligent, results driven, ambitious and positive.
You’ll be working for a major FMCG Food organisation with inspirational people and iconic brands, a strong team environment and strong business objectives.
You will:
- Manage and develop the relationship with key grocery customers.
- Develop Joint Business Plans with your customers to deliver corporate objectives.
- Work closely with Marketing and Category - close distribution gaps, deliver NPD.
- Drive accuracy and delivery of monthly sales forecasts.
- Have full P&L management.
- Present at a senior level.
You must have:
- A degree or equivalent.
- P&L and JBP responsibility.
- Excellent Communication, Planning, Organisation and Time Management.
- Experience managing major UK Convenience or Grocery customers in FMCG.
- Strong critical thinking and judgement
- Category exposure.
- Excellent sales, negotiation and business development skills.
- Exceptional presentation skills.
You must be an experienced and dynamic sales professional with a proven career profile, coupled with the ambition and desire to progress your career.
Interested? Then email your CV to our consultants at Ashwood Executive Search International quoting reference 2111.
Company
At Ashwood Executive Search International we specialise in recruiting globally, from middle management positions to £six-figure executive assignments. Working primarily with FMCG organisations our clients range from high profile blue-chip companies to smaller niche and developing businesses. Our aim is to be viewed by clients as a world-class provider of the most talented people, while providing candidates with the very best advice, mentoring and coaching services to further their careers.
We have established an outstanding track-record providing Sales, Marketing, Category, Consumer Innovation, Technical, Manufacturing, HR and Supply Chain professionals. With a reputation for achieving excellent results, both for our clients and candidates, we strongly believe we can help you with your requirements. If you are a candidate this means we will work with you to find the ideal role to match your talents and aspirations. If you are a business it means we will apply our expertise and knowledge to source the most talented and culturally relevant people for your organisation.
Ashwood continues to grow and develop as we apply our unique methods and style of resourcing. With UK teams in Bracknell and London and operations in New York and Johannesburg, we provide clients with extensive worldwide coverage that is designed to deliver the top talent for their business.
Charity Partnership - Ashwood Executive Search International and Farm Africa
Ashwood Executive Search International are pleased to announce that we will be extending our support of the charity Farm Africa for another year.
Our world is one of global connections and as a key player in the food industry, Ashwood is determined to play our part in ending one of the biggest challenges facing the world today; hunger. We are outraged that 1 in 8 people go to bed hungry every night and are determined to help create a different future for these 1 billion people.
- Website
- http://www.ashwood.co.uk/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 1344 206262
- Location
-
Index House
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7ET
GB
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