Skip to main content

This job has expired

National Account Executive- Grocery

Employer
Vitae Selection Ltd.
Location
Yorkshire
Salary
Up to £43,000 plus Bonus, CA,Pension, H/C and Package
Closing date
14 Dec 2015

View more

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

Job Details

This FMCG player is a true innovator combining exceptional quality throughout its portfolio with a passion and heritage that is hard to match. Their UK business has already doubled in size and is now looking to expand the National Accounts team with the appointment of a proactive Account Executive capable of supporting growing relationships and developing their profile with the top 4 retailers. 2016 with be a pivotal year in the company’s growth plans, including further investment across the sales, category and marketing functions.  If you are self-starting professional that is highly driven then this business would be an excellent next move. 

The role

  • The effective support and development of existing grocery relationships and direct account management of 2nd tier grocery customers.
  • Winning new business within major accounts.
  • Effective team work within the Grocery and convenience sales team
  • Delivery of defined commercial targets
  • Effective range portfolio management to optimise UK business plan
  • Effective liaison with colleagues in group across all functions of the business
  • Effective development and exploitation of wider networks within each customer - i.e. supply chain, store opps, trade marketing etc.
  • Effective utilisation of KAD data within all selling and negotiations

Experience:       

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience of the UK Grocery customers
  • Must have experience of effective customer negotiation and supply
  • Have the potential to be ready to handle your own top 4 account within 18 months
  • Must understand and get brands
  • Must have experience of JBP management
  • Be self-starting, motivated and hungry for success.
  • Have excellent communication skill
  • Have strong numeracy skills

This is a very exciting opportunity and chance to define your National Account credentials with an organisation posed for huge growth. Interviews for this role will begin in the next few weeks, for further details please contact Andrew Osbaldeston on 07713645930.

Company

The Vitae team truly understands the ferocity of today’s trading climate and the need to find and secure the very best talent embodied through an extensive network and a true commitment to the sectors.
Our combined recruitment experience within the Consumer practice gives a robust proposition to any client within our markets looking to make a serious investment in talent.

Vitae’s approach is a combination of both Search and Selection services. We have a thorough understanding of HR policy and procedure and regularly work as a preferred supplier to selected clients. Our team has worked on high profile single search mandates for senior permanent moves as well as high quality Interim hires together with multiple hire projects requiring well-co-ordinated advertising campaigns to deliver large scale teams. Our candidates benefit greatly from our insight into different business cultures together with our proactive model in finding and matching candidates to jobs. Our professionalism and delivery within these sectors in backed up by overwhelmingly positive feedback from both our clients and candidates.


Vitae work with a range of clients including large Global Food Brand’s, Plc.’s, Major Own label producers, Corporations, Owner Managed Firms and Private Equity backed businesses.


Core Markets


• Food & Drinks- Branded & Own Label
• Consumer Goods – Non- Food, White & Brown goods, Sporting Goods
• Ingredients – Flavour systems, Food Ingredients
• Retail- Grocery, General merchandise
• Packaging- Corrugated, Cartons, Closures, Plastics, Film, GNFR, Flexible and Injection Molding

Company info
Telephone
0113 394 4950
Location
21 York Place
Leeds
LS1 2EX
GB

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert