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National Account Executive

Employer
Vertical Advantage
Location
Middlesex
Salary
£32000 - £38000 per annum + Car & Bonus
Closing date
13 Jun 2017

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

Job Details



Fun & Exciting branded FMCG business - great culture and progression opportunities

National Account Executive: Sainsbury's OR Wholesale Channel

Location: Middlesex

An excellent opportunity for someone with FMCG sales experience to join a branded FMCG business, reporting to the National Account Manager:

Role:

As National Account Executive in the Grocery team, you will support the delivery of business objectives through the analysis of customer data and competitor execution. You will also be responsible for building persuasive fact-based selling stories to drive sales and share.

Responsibilities:
  • Direct accountability for defined brands within your customer with P&L responsibility,
  • Identify quickly the strategic focus for your customer, and feed insights into the category and marketing teams
  • Develop and maintain contacts to monitor, drive and unlock barriers that ensure optimal execution in-store.
  • Develop and maintain customer sales trackers, ensuring regular and consistent reporting on promotional effectiveness and competitor performance
  • Ensure a coherent business development strategy for your customer, working closely with the field sales team
  • Support shopper and field sales in delivering, media and efficient ROI driving best-in-class execution.
  • Ensure timely and accurate administration, reporting and maintenance of account files and data


Requirements:
  • Degree Educated or equivalent
  • Previous FMCG Sales experience, ideally at NAE level with some previous P&L exposure
  • Highly numerical and analytically minded
  • Able to deal with ambiguity and complexity


This is an excellent stepping stone into a NAM role for a high-potential individual that wants to develop a career in FMCG.

Company

Vertical Advantage have a rich history in sourcing within the FMCG and Grocery marketplace. We specialise in placing candidates in the mid to senior end of the market within Category Management, National Accounts, Marketing, Supply Chain and Logistics.

We guarantee comprehensive support and expert guidance through professional consultants with proven track records from industry. At Vertical Advantage we are proud of how accomplished our people are and how they have built exceptional networks over their time in the recruitment sector. It is these networks that will give you confidence to work with us.

Our first instinct is to search and this is ingrained in the fabric of our work. We leave no stone unturned to deliver exceptional people for exceptional businesses. Our way of operating suits today's working lifestyle where people are short on time and need to make hiring decisions based on seeing low numbers of high calibre candidates.

Vertical Advantage is a lean, flexible consultancy that works with our clients and candidates to find the right solutions for them.

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