National Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Somerset, Taunton
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 1 Feb 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Exciting New National Account Manager Opportunity to join leading manufacturers of UK produced hand finished cakes, puddings and desserts
Client Details
One of the country's leading manufacturers of UK produced hand finished cakes, puddings and desserts. Suppliers to cafés, restaurants and pubs across the UK; recently they have begun exporting to a large cafe chain across Europe and have plans to expand into China in 2017.
The company employs 400 people , producing more than three million slices of cake a week.
Description
The National Account Manager is principally responsible for managing the businesses key clients across wholesale and buying groups whilst developing and implementing the agreed customer plan to ensure that business objectives are achieved. As National Account Manager you will maximise value sales and profitability, through a business plan approach and proactively challenge the business way of working to help develop and drive positive change. As an ambassador you will keep the business at the forefront of their market position, whilst working with the NPD team to develop new product range in line with customer needs.
This is an exciting opportunity for a sales professional from the FMCG industry to join a sustainable, growing and creative business and develop their national account management experience.
Profile
Key requirements:
- National Account Experience
- Demonstrable track record within FMCG environment
- Strong Customer service background
- Ideally with wholesale account management experience
- Target-driven, self-motivated, tenacious, professional
- Natural people management skills
- An effective influencer at all levels
- Strong Communication skills
- Clean Driving Licence
- Able to commute to Taunton head office
Job Offer
Competitive Basic plus Package (including bonus)
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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