National Account Executive - Grocery
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Surrey
- Salary
- £30000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
- Closing date
- 25 Jan 2017
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, National Accounts, Retail Management, Sales
Job Details
National Account Executive - Grocery - supporting a SNAM on one of the top four grocery accounts.
Client Details
My client is a premium, well known a loved international FMCG brand. Currently dominating the market in their sector. They live and breathe innovation; and always trying to be ahead of their competitors with NPD and Marketing campaigns. They are experiencing strong growth YOY, which has resulted in the need to expand their current National Accounts team.
Description
As a National Account Executive - Grocery you will get involved in the following key tasks:
- Support the SNAM to deliver on sales, margin and distribution targets on the focus brands in the assigned accounts.
- Deliver on sales, margin and distribution targets for direct account base.
- Work with the Marketing team to ensure brand plans are applied in a consistent fashion to our key accounts.
- Support the SNAM by providing accurate forecasts and effective communication with demand planning to deliver agreed forecasting targets.
- Manage promotional activity with a SNAM by owning the planning, delivery and post evaluation of promotions, recommending any improvements to return on future promotional activity.
Profile
National Account Executive - Grocery will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Ideally have some experience within FMCG Sales responsibility within Grocery
- Have had exposure to P&L
- Graduate calibre
- Have strong communication and negotiation skills
- Be highly motivated with strong commercial awareness and the ability to use commercial knowledge to increase profit and business growth.
- As this is a development role ambition is key/crucial
Due to the office location you need to be based in Surrey or South West London.
Job Offer
£30,000 - £40,000 basic salary + bonus + group benefits + great opportunities for career development in the UK as well as internationally
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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