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National Account Manager

Employer
Lime Talent
Location
West Yorkshire
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
30 Sep 2014

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
National Accounts, Sales
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Job Details



An exciting National Account Manager position has arisen to join one of the fastest growing multichannel retailer and suppliers in the UK.

This business offers a diverse range of general merchandise product ranges across which it sells through its own transactional website plus having listings with all major retailers. In order for the business to achieve its growth plans, a National Account Manager is required to take responsibility for managing and growing sales across new and existing retail accounts within the major retail sector.

As a National Account Manager your key areas of responsibility will be:
  • Identifying and opening new retail accounts within grocers and major high street retailers.
  • Negotiating commercial terms.
  • Achieving financial targets for sales revenue, volume and gross margin.
  • Creating, developing and delivering promotional campaigns for your retail customers.
  • Communicating with internal divisions to ensure account requirements are being met.
  • Creating development plans to incorporate forecasts.


To be successful in your application you must:
  • Have previous experience selling direct into major retailers.
  • Be highly numerate, well organised and able to plan and execute sales and account management procedures.
  • Be impactful delivering solutions and results.
  • Have exceptional influencing and negotiation skills.
  • Have specific account management experience working within the retail sector.
  • Be an established NAM / Retail Buyer or National Account Executive looking to progress their career further with the additional responsibility for larger accounts.


As a National Account Manager, you will be based at head office when not out in the field.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced National Accounts Manager to work for an ambitious and fast growing business that can provide excellent opportunities and benefits. lime talent is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Company

We are Lime Talent, a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. With over 25 years’ combined experience of recruiting within the FMCG, consumer goods & services sectors, we like to think we know our stuff! We are here to make finding your next job or your next superstar employee an easy and pleasurable experience.

We are an honest and straight talking bunch with a can-do attitude. We aren’t going to say the usual thing that recruiters say, like “we want to partner with you”, as whilst that may be nice, what we really want to do, is to deliver you real results in the shortest amount of time possible. Once we have provided you with the high level of service that you can expect from us, we are confident that strong relationships will follow.

 Areas that we recruit:

• Sales

• Marketing

• Category Management and Insights

• Purchasing and Buying

• Supply Chain

Contact us today to discuss your next career move or to find out how we can help you find the best talent for your business.

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020 7042 3800
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