Continued growth and success of NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto has led to the creation of a unique and exciting new role in our Gatwick office for an experienced Key Account Manager for our NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto business.

Our Opportunity

NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto is one of the leading brands within pod coffee and is a strategic priority for Nestlé.

Within the UK NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto has a proven track record of continual growth.  Reporting into the NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto Sales Development Controller you will have responsibility for managing the relationship with key customers in order to maximise the support for NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto.

This Key Account Manager role covers our Coffee Machine side of the business, and you will be working across customers with the responsibility for increasing NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto coffee machine availability and visibility within all areas of the market place.

You

For the Key Account Manager we are looking for a degree educated individual (or equivalent), who is entrepreneurial; you will have a proven track record of developing winning commercial & customer activity plans, be able to draw on experience to influence customers by building and increase the awareness and relevance of NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto within customer mind set by amplifying NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto and its role in the coffee machine category.  We are looking for a commercially driven candidate, who can bring excitement and energy to this newly created role, full of enthusiasm to continue the successful journey of NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto.

As Key Account Manager you will have a good working knowledge of customer management principles, be able to translate data and insight into winning customer plans, be financially literate and possess a good understanding of competition law.  Experience within the Small Domestic Appliance market is beneficial but not essential.

What do you need to know?

What can we offer in return? The chance to join the world’s leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company within an extremely well-recognised, market-leading division. Along with that come the benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package including a business needs car, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex, private healthcare, Pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this Key Account Manager is 29th February 2016. We will be considering applicants as they apply so please don’t delay in submitting your application, click on the APPLY button below.

Job reference number for the Key Account Manager: OLR10449

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Our Story

Nestlé SA is the world’s leading health, wellness and nutrition company, with over seven thousand employees in the UK and Ireland alone across the 19 sites of all our business. We are proud to produce some of Britain’s best loved brands such as Kit Kat, Nescafé, Smarties, Buxton, Go Cat and Shreddies. Around 95% of UK households consume our brands and more than two billion Nestlé products are sold in the UK every year.

Nestlé’s Beverage Division is part of the wider, global Nestlé business and is home to a number of the UK’s number 1 brands including Nescafé and Nesquik. Nescafé is the biggest coffee brand in the world equating to over £6bn global turnover a year. Within the portfolio a range of sub-brands exist including the nation’s favourite Nescafé Original. This accounts for 25% of all instant coffee cups consumed in the UK!  The range also includes the iconic Nescafé Gold Blend, innovative Nescafé Azera and stylish Nescafé Dolce Gusto. Providing great quality coffee which tastes perfect and is ethically sourced is at the top of our agenda.

The beverage division is always changing in line with current trends and is a fundamental part of Nestlé within the FMCG market. We believe ‘it all starts with a Nescafé’, so your career could start with one too!