National Account Manager

Are you a proven National Account Manager / Executive looking for the next step in your career within a leading FMCG food and drink business?   

Do you see the power of class leading brands and a highly progressive NPD strategy?   

Would you want to work for a true meritocracy that will provide you with a genuinely structured career path and training opportunities?

My client is a leading Food and Drink who are home to a number of well-known household brands. Through continued growth and development, they are looking to grow their National Accounts team across several Grocery multiples.  Adjacency have been retained to find and assess top tier FMCG talent that can help the business continue to deliver successful growth. 

The business upholds an incredibly fast paced environment; with a great investment in range extensions and new product development, it certainly is an exciting time to join the business! Actively encouraging professional growth and development, the organisation maintains outstanding employee retention through a positive and encouraging atmosphere. 

As a National Account Manager, you will be responsible for managing existing channel relationships and new business development to drive brand awareness and maximise return of investment for the company portfolio of products. You will have experience working across one of the

Top 4 Grocery multiples and ideally already hold strong relationships with buyers at Head Office level. 

Your responsibilities will include:-

•    Managing customer portfolio with existing and new business to meet sales and brand objectives within the agreed advertised and promotional spend
•    Devise and implement account plans focusing on volume forecasts, distribution, pricing and promotional objectives in line with Head Office Buyers.
•    Where appropriate achieve profit / gross margin KPI’s in line with company expectations
•    To develop collaborative customer partnerships at a senior level that encapsulates the key points within the rolling strategy plan. To translate this plan into relevant customer joint business plans and communicate with key stake holders to gain commitment to all mutual objectives
•    To build on the collaborative customer partnerships established at a senior level by devising and implementing a customer personnel contact strategy for all functions within major accounts in the portfolio including buying, supply chain, category management, space planning, marketing, operations and finance.
•    Maximise distribution, availability and visibility of brands in account portfolio and propose and implement innovative account specific activity to build brands and drive NPD in line with company objectives
•    Attend team meetings to receive and give information on portfolio performance, competitor activity and best practise learnings.

Your skills and experience should include:

•    Demonstrable sales experience within FMCG, we will consider candidates who have excelled within the wholesale channel if they can demonstrate bottom line growth.
•    Demonstrate sales & negotiation skills with buyers at a Head Office level
•    Strong communication skills, both Written and Verbal
•    Possess the ability to communicate and build relationships with key contacts at all levels
•    Highly motivated and hard-working nature - meaning your attention to detail is second to none and you adapt exceptionally well to changing priorities, fast pace and considerable workload

In the first instance, please forward your CV and current package details to our exclusively retained consultant, Miles Greenslade

Adjacency provides permanent and interim management recruitment services to a wide range of clients. We source exceptional talent. We deliver a robust, value added approach to every campaign we undertake; connecting the right people to the right career option. We bring expertise and resources to successfully deliver upon Finance, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources and Operations remits up to Board level appointments. Each assignment is dealt with by discipline specialists, with current market knowledge, who will deliver a shortlist incorporating exceptional people from a diverse and multicultural talent pool.