National Account Manager (Retail)
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- West Midlands Region
- Salary
- Up to £45k + bonus + package
- Closing date
- 8 Apr 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
The Role:
My client is a food producer with a range of chilled products supplied to the catering and retail sectors. They have an exciting new opportunity in their commercial team for a National Account Manager. This is a home based role, with time spent out with clients weekly. The ideal candidate will be required to spend one day per week in their Midlands based office, and must be commutable.
Key Responsibilities:
• The successful candidate will play an important role in providing day to day account management to major retail and wholesale clients.
• To build effective external relationships, present new product ideas, whilst exceeding sales and margin into a particular category.
• Working closely with other functions in the business in order to exploit key opportunities.
• JBP negotiations
• Weekly analysis and forecasting
Candidate Requirements:
• Must have several years of commercial experience of national account management with major retailers within the food industry. Must have worked with some or all of the top 4.
• Must be commutable from the Midlands based office once per week.
• Experience working with wholesalers would also be of benefit.
• A chilled and branded background would be preferred.
• Must have worked on Joint Business Plans with major retailers.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills
• Confident presenter
• Strong relationship builder
The Package:
• £40,000 - £45,000 basic salary dependent upon experience
• Excellent bonus package.
• Expenses
• Pensions scheme & private healthcare
For further information please apply for the role. Alternatively please forward an up to date copy of your CV to graham@drnewitt.com.
Company
D R Newitt are Food, Drink and FMCG recruitment specialists providing permanent and interim recruitment services:
We offer Headhunting, Search & Selection and Advertising services across the following disciplines:
• Sales
• Marketing and Category
• Executive
• Supply Chain / Buying
• Technical / Quality
• NPD / Process / Development Chefs
• Operations / Manufacturing
• Engineering
• HR and Finance
To enquire about a specific role or to have a confidential discussion about your career path, call or email us:
- Edinburgh Office 0131 226 5060
- Manchester Office 0161 833 0181
- Website
- http://www.drnewitt.com/
- Telephone
- 0131 226 5060
- Location
-
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom
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