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National Account Manager

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
England, North Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
9 Feb 2017

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Job Details



If you're an experienced NAE looking for your first step into a NAM role for a multi award-winning branded premium food manufacturer then this could be the opportunity you've been looking for. Better Placed are proud to represent this leading FMCG business that prides itself on innovation and as a result, have experienced exceptional growth.



As a result of this growth, they are seeking a National Account Manager to take responsibility for their top 4 accounts, Waitrose and Coop.



The Role

  • Full P&L responsibility for top 4 accounts
  • Create a JBPs with customers that deliver against volume, distribution and profit objectives
  • Identify and implement stretch targets
  • Forecasting, pricing and promotion
  • Building and sustaining strong customer relationships
  • Communicating effectively with other internal departments to deliver the overall business strategy; (brand, category and technical)
  • Attending regular face-to-face meetings with customers, championing the brand's unique strengths and values.




The Person

  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work in a smaller, fast paced, growing business.
  • Evidence of high self-motivation, driven, hard-working.
  • Genuine "foodie"
  • Proven track record of managing leading multiple grocer accounts.
  • Experience of food service account management would also be useful.




This role would suit an ambitious NAE with experience or exposure to managing top 4 accounts that wants to step up to a NAM position and progress their career. This position provides a unique opportunity to make a real difference and grow accounts significantly.

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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