SENIOR NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER - Grocery Retail Multiple - Weetabix Food

SENIOR NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER - Grocery Retail Multiple - Weetabix Food Company

Highly competitive basic plus bonus, car/allowance, fuel card, pension & benefits

We’re The Weetabix Food Company. Home to the famous Weetabix biscuits, the UK’s favourite breakfast cereal. We also make Alpen, the UK’s favourite muesli, not to mention creating a brilliant new category in On the Go Drinks.

Our purpose is to help people live better lives by providing better breakfasts. We’re leading the cereal market with world class innovation, we win awards. And trophies.

There’s more to us than that though. We also make Weetabix Minis, Weetos, Oatibix, Ready Brek, Alpen bars and more. Bet you didn’t know that before. You do now. These brands, awards and trophies coupled with our awesome innovation help us to win with and for our customers.

Home for us is in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside, less than an hour from London and Birmingham. We export to over 80 countries and we’ve got businesses in other locations around the globe too.

We’re ambitious. And it’s all because we give our people the freedom and support to make the big decisions. It’s what we call The Weetabix Difference, and it’ll make all The Difference to your career.

We’re at an exciting point in creating the future of Weetabix. With a strong heritage as our foundation, we’re taking Weetabix on its next journey, growing and strengthening our brands.

As part of this drive for continued market growth, we’re looking for a Senior National Account Manager, who will build a close, collaborative partnership with our £100M+ Major UK Grocery Retail Multiple customer.

Working cross functionally with Shopper Marketing, Category and Consumer Marketing teams, your role will be to shape and develop effective business strategies. Your key focus will be to lead a cross function team, to drive profitable sales growth with our most valuable customer.

Having developed your career within a major FMCG blue chip food or drink brand, you’ve achieved an impressive track record of positive sales growth through effective JBP management - across any of the top four Grocery Retail Multiple accounts.

With well developed analytical, business planning, customer strategy shaping skills and a real knack for relationship building, you’re ready to move your career to the next level and be The Weetabix Difference.

We’re flexible with your location, although you will of course need to join us at Weetabix HQ in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire to work with your team c. 2 days per week.

The position offers a highly competitive, senior management package including basic salary plus bonus, car/allowance, fuel card and a full range of benefits including pension and medical. More importantly though, you’ll be part of a dynamic company that not only invests in its products, but also its people, so you’ll be eager to develop your career in future.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to be The Weetabix Difference then click ‘apply’ now! Or, send your CV with details of your current benefits package to mark@smithcarey.co.uk quoting ref. no. MS/1848.

Closing date for applications: 11th December 2016