National Account Manager - Top 4 Grocery & Discounters
- Employer
- Food Industry Associates
- Location
- Home based with weekly site visit
- Salary
- £45K - £55K + Bonus + Car/Allowance + Benefits
- Closing date
- 25 Mar 2015
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts
Job Details
We are currently looking for a National Account Manager to join our clients business and be part of a strong dynamic commercial team, covering two top 4 grocery retailers and a discounter customer.
The business we represent are a leading food and beverage manufacturer with a broad and varied portfolio of on trend products in tune with today’s consumer demands. They lead through new product development, cutting edge market analysis, and a focussed and adaptable environment. They have a healthy balance of brands and private label offerings operating in multiple channels holding category captaincy status down many supermarket isles.
As National Account Manager in this business you will be given the autonomy to develop and strengthen the customer relationships through various functions. You will cross functionally manage NPD projects to deliver market leading own label offerings, whilst at the same time driving the branded business through strengthening JBP’s, freely available to implement cost saving and efficiency ideas.
The business themselves are financially strong, backed recently by significant YOY growth enabling them to further expand the team and enter some previously never explored categories. Match this with an entrepreneurial culture, where results are highly recognised and progression can be swift it offers a great alternative to traditional commercial roles within the food and beverage industry.
To be successful in this role you will need to be currently managing 1-2 top retail grocers and have at least 3-4 years experience within this channel. You will need to demonstrate successful account management and growth, and developing/implementing significant JBP’s. You will need to have an adaptable and pro-active attitude, equalled with strong numerical and analysis skills.
Company
For over a decade now, Food Industry Associates Ltd have proven to be a recruiter of choice for ambitious SME food and beverage manufacturers across the UK. We don't recruit for the big corporates by choice. Instead, we choose to work with companies with personality, entrepreneurial flare (not process), looking to disrupt the market with cutting edge innovation to provide consumers with better, healthier choices.
Are you an early stage start-up struggling to find the right solution to help you gain your fist listings in a specific customer channel before you can raise the budget to employ somebody on a permanent basis? Maybe you know you need to source a commercial leader but aren't 100% clear in what format, or how to adequately incentivise somebody from a much larger business to join your mission? Come speak to us.
If you're a more established business looking to bring fresh talent on board to drive ambitious sales targets, source a creative innovator to help you drive in to new extended categories, or looking to strengthen in marketing / category terms, again, come speak to us.
We've a proven record in recruiting talent for an array of businesses, helping them source commercial talent to help them achieve their goals. From early stage sales talent through to equity-incentivised leadership roles, we've proven time and time again to find the right people for our clients at the first attempt.
How are we different to most of our competitors? Unlike most, we don't have as diverse a portfolio of clients we work with. However all those we do work with continuously come back to us whenever they next have another need. In our opinion successful recruitment is achieved when two businesses truly 'partner' and collaborate together. In our opinion the better we know you, the better we understand all the extra elements aside from simple skillset and experience to ensure the right 'fit' is identified at the first attempt. In our opinion, this is recruitment, done properly.
- Website
- http://www.foodindustryassociates.com/
- Telephone
- 0113 3572245
- Location
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Food Industry Associates Ltd
Airebank House
419 Kirkstall Road
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS4 2EZ
GB
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