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Senior National Account Managers

Employer
Burtons Biscuits
Location
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Salary
competitive
Closing date
23 Dec 2015

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

Job Details

The Role

Due to growth we are looking for highly ambitious Senior National Account Managers who are looking for a challenging and rewarding role at the heart of our Sales team.

You will manage the negotiations and the development of joint business plans and will be the primary customer interface responsible for planning and executing budgeted volume and profit. 

Typical Day

  • Developing customer specific strategies to deliver budgeted P&L.
  • Identifying new business opportunities.
  • Signing off forecast and reviewing progress of sales.
  • Negotiating pricing, trading terms, promotions and fixed investments.
  • Ensuring account management is aligned to recognised systems.
  • Leading, managing and motivating your team.
  • Liaising with cross functional contacts.

About You
The successful candidate will have:

  • Degree or equivalent. 
  • SNAM experience with direct trading responsibility for a major multiple.
  • A FMCG background.
  • People management skills.
  • Experience of P&L’s.
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across multiple sites.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to influence at all levels.

Why Burton’s Biscuit Company

Ask anyone here at Burton’s Biscuit Company what we’re most passionate about and you’ll get the same answer from everyone – the baking of quality biscuits for the whole family to enjoy.

To us, a ‘treat’ is nothing less than a deliciously tasty biscuit that will delight our customers every time and ensure they come back for more.

Our forward-thinking strategy historically led to some impressive results with Burton’s Biscuit Company transforming its portfolio shape and profitability since 2009.

We hope to accelerate our portfolio transformation and growth further by expanding into adjacent categories, new geographic territories and through synergistic bolt-on mergers and acquisitions.

We offer fantastic company benefits, an environment that you will enjoy to work in and genuine development and progression opportunities.

Does this sound like the role for you? Apply by clicking the link.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to notify unsuccessful applicants.

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been short listed for an interview. 

Company

Burtons Biscuits

Who Are Burtons Biscuits?

We are the home of Jammie Dodgers, Paterson Shortbread, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels to name just a few! We are incredibly lucky to work in the world of making delicious biscuits!

‘We are a more successful and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves’.

At Burton’s we believe in the power of being authentic, being entrepreneurial and being supportive to each other to meet our common goals…oh and did we mention having fun?!

Understanding our customers is crucial to our success, so having a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers is vital.

As a business we are committed to the continuous improvement of diversity and equality in the workplace and we welcome talented individuals from all backgrounds who share our Pride and Passion for Baking Great Biscuits and snacks.

Along with having amazing brands, we have secured long term agreements to allow us to manufacture a number of sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City & Marmite branded products. We also have several key strategic partnerships within the Retailer Private Label sector and our proud of the amazing biscuits we bake for our customers and consumers.

Within our Burton’s group, we have 6 bakery sites across the UK, located in Blackpool, Livingston, Edinburgh, Dorset, Isle of Arran and Llantarnam, with our head office in St Albans.   In total we employ circa 2,100 people around across our locations.

Burton’s Biscuits is owned by Ferrero and we are proud to be part of such a fantastic and successful business.  The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 Countries and their products are sold in over 170 Countries.  We are delighted to be part of the Ferrero group which represents over 377,000 employees across the world and has a consolidated turnover of €12.3 billion (2020).

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