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National Account Manager

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Salary
Car + Bonus
Closing date
9 Feb 2017

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

Job Details



Are you a Junior NAM looking for experience on a top 4 account? Our client, a hugely successful FMCG business with an instantly recognisable portfolio of category leading brands is looking for an experienced NAE/Junior NAM to support a top 4 Grocery National Account Controller for a fixed term of 6 months.

This is a superb opportunity for someone with 1-2 years experience to get some exposure to a high profile grocery account. Reporting to the National Account Controller , you will be responsible for the day to day management of your customer. You will ensure the delivery of key customer objectives and will provide your manager with resource to support added value initiatives that will profitably grow the business.

  • Managing the demand process to optimise all available inputs in order to deliver and communicate to the business a clear and accurate forecast
  • Effective and timely communication of significant factors influencing demand, with responsibility for cascading to all appropriate levels of the business
  • Management of both internal and external supply relationships
  • Develop customer relationships at a Buyer level across all functions (supply chain, marketing, merchandising and promotional management)
  • Responsible for ensuring the promotion plan is executed to maximum effect and is implemented in-store as per the brief
  • Deliver insights from data sources (Nielsen & Kantar) and work with the SNAM to optimise these ideas across the customer
  • Ensure key internal stakeholders are aware of emerging issues in a timely manner

 


The ideal candidate will be degree educated and have experience in a fast paced sales environment. You will possess strong relationship building skills balanced with a keen commercial acumen and strong numeracy skills. Candidates with experience gained in comparable roles such as buying, insights, category and supply chain will also be considered

 

Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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