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Account Manager

Employer
Elevate Recruitment & Training Consultants Ltd
Location
Cambridgeshire
Salary
£30k - 38k per year + Benefits
Closing date
26 Nov 2015

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Account Manager - Cambridgeshire - £30,000 - £38,000 – Immediate Start

Our client is a Cambridgeshire based food manufacturer and are suppliers to major retailers in the UK and also leading retailers in Europe. Due to significant growth in their group expansion, our client has an immediate requirement to strengthen their commercial team with a focused and driven Account Manager to look after both domestic and international customers. European travel will be necessary for this role; therefore candidates will need to be flexible on working locations.

We are in need of a candidate with major retailer exposure; therefore if you have a number of years’ experience of looking after the likes of ASDA, Tesco, Sainsbury’s’, Morrisons or even Waitrose and M&S, we would love to hear from you.

This person will be involved in a number of exciting projects over the next few years and this a great time to join the business.

Due to current business requirements, our client is hoping to have the successful Account Manager begin employment in December 2015 at the latest.

Responsibilities:

  • Developing strategic plans alongside customers to deliver market outperformance
  • Liaising with the marketing manager to ensure that the company is at the forefront of customer thinking
  • Maintaining strong promotional plans, and periodic reviews of customer KPI's
  • Managing category review processes to deliver insight to customers
  • Maintaining strong relationships with customers
  • Working alongside the NPD team to ensure targeted innovation and EPD to align with consumer trends, and customer needs
  • Delivering volume growth for the business in line with agreed budgets / joint business plans
  • Volume analysis and forecasting

What do I need to have to be considered?

  • Major retailer exposure
  • Strong food product and market knowledge in a customer facing role
  • Adept at establishing and maintaining strong relationships with customers and other teams on site
  • Time scale focused, able to deliver results
  • Comfortable with regular international travel
  • Previous experience working on large scale account management and product improvement projects
  • A second language would be looked upon favourably (ideally Spanish / Portuguese)

In return for meeting the above criteria the successful candidate will be rewarded with a salary of between £30,000 - £38,000 per annum, dependant on experience.

Not quite the role for you? Elevate Recruitment & Training Consultants Limited are Food / FMCG industry specialists. This vacancy is just one of a number of vacancies that we are working in the food sector – please get in touch for further details.

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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Backgrounds to be considered: Account Manager, National Account Executive, NAE, National Account Manager, NAM, Junior Account Manager, Junior National Account Manager, Commercial Executive, Key Account Manager, KAM

Keywords: FMCG, Food, Accounts, Retail, Sales, Commercial, Account Management

Commutable from: Cambridge, Milton, Newmarket, Saffron Walden, Haverhill, Bury St Edmonds, Ely, Chatteris, March, Peterborough, Stamford, Huntingdon, Thrapston, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Northampton, Bedford, Stevenage, Wisbech

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