National Account Manager- Grocery Multiples – Balconi Cakes

National Account Manager- Grocery Multiples – Balconi Cakes

£Competitive basic + 20% bonus + car allowance + benefits

Based:  Flexible North/Midlands/South

Part of the €300m Valeo group, Rowse Honey is a highly successful business with a reputation for being the UK's no. 1 honey category experts with a brand and own label market share of over 85%.

Our business is well invested in manufacturing, above the line marketing, NPD as well as our people and following the recent appointment of a new Managing Director, we are looking to further strengthen and enlarge our commercial team with the recruitment of an outstanding high calibre National Account Manager. This high profile role will report directly to the Sales Director and have strategic, full sales and P&L responsibility for both existing and targeted new major grocery retail multiple customers.

Having been well trained in modern FMCG Commercial management within a recognised major branded business, you have gained relevant experience and can demonstrate a track record of profitable sales growth within major national convenience retail or grocery retail multiple accounts. Your experience should include a strong understanding of JBP management and negotiation as well as category insight abilities in building effective customer led business solutions with a strong focus on new business brand building.

You are customer focussed and thrive on working cross functionally both internally and externally as well as possessing the gravitas and personality to develop highly effective relationships with the energy and enthusiasm to achieve both your commercial and personal goals. This role is flexible home based with a requirement to attend our Oxfordshire based head office 1-2 days per week.

If you feel you have what it takes to make a success of this highly challenging role as well as the potential and ambition to further develop your future career up into a more senior commercial level, please apply to our retained recruitment consultant mark@smithcarey.co.uk quoting reference number MS/1743 and providing details of your current salary and benefits package.

All direct and third party applications will be forwarded to SmithCarey.

Closing Date for applications:  18^th December 2015