National Account Manager – Tesco
- Employer
- Ashwood Executive Search International
- Location
- South East England
- Salary
- Circa £45,000 - £55,000 basic + bonus + car + benefits
- Closing date
- 6 May 2015
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing, National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
In this high profile National Account Manager role you will be handling a portfolio of famous fresh food brands, including some of the country’s best loved brands.
Our client is a highly successful, market-leading supplier of own label and household name grocery products, including some of the country’s best loved brands. They have serious plans for growth and ambitious targets for brand development which you will help to deliver by creating and activating customer/channel strategies that will maximise sales opportunities and are perfectly aligned with defined business objectives.
In this high profile role handling a portfolio of famous fresh food brands, you’ll work on Tesco and be responsible for:
- Maximising the budgeted profitability of your customer/channel
- Leading and driving the performance of a cross-functional customer team
- Developing and directing customer strategy and activation plans
- Identifying customer opportunities for innovative projects
- Building annual customer JBPs and presentations
- Remaining focused on sales and margin performance
- Developing profitable long-term relationships with this major retailer
This is a challenge for a graduate calibre professional with a track record of managing multiple retailer accounts at senior level and of fronting a management team to deliver excellence.
You must have:
- Strong commercial acumen and sound decision making skills
- Ability to build, lead, negotiate and conclude fruitful JBPs
- Excellent numerate, analytical and data interpretation skills plus understanding of business drivers
- A high level of drive and talent for building relationships
- Flair for presentation and communication at all levels
If you feel that you have the right skills and expertise to build your career in this challenging and ambitious business, please apply by emailing your CV to our consultants at Ashwood Associates quoting ref 2211.
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
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Index House
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7ET
GB
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