National Account Manager - Tesco and Waitrose

As National Account Manager you will be working across a diverse retail account base consisting of Tesco and Waitrose. This will be a customer focused role where you will be putting their interests first in order to fulfil the commercial strategy and drive forward the growth in Net Sales Value. In the role you will be an integral part of the senior management team you will have a Commercial Executive reporting into you; and reports directly into the Commercial Controller.

You will be responsible for strengthening the customer facing team by ensuring year on year growth is ahead of the competitors; there for excellent commercial awareness and market knowledge is vital in order to meet the customer’s needs; as well increasing the market share.

You will also be working closely with the NPD team and advising them on trends in the market; and ensuring that the customer’s wants and needs are being met and their best interests are put first. You will be in charge of developing a promotional plan as part of a 12 month customer plan.

The ideal candidate will have experience as; National Account Manager, Commercial Manager, Key Account Manager, Senior Key Account Manager, Business Manager, Sales Manager, Senior Sales Manager, Customer Development Manager or Account Manager.

To be successful in the role it is essential you have previous experience at a management level within a sales team as well as excellent working relationship with retailers and/or own label processes.

If you have any further questions with regards to this role please contact Edward at Hudson James Human Capital on 0113 320 2430 or via email edward@hudsonjames.co.uk.