National Account Executive - Food
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, East Sussex, Brighton
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 12 Apr 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
National Account Executive - Food for rapidly growing FMCG company based in the South East. Are you a foody with soul? If so, this amazing opportunities enables you to develop your career in FMCG!
Client Details
My client is a reputable brand with a strong presence in the Top 4 grocer accounts. Seeing rapid growth since its creation, my client prides itself on the development of its business and the employees within it.
Priding itself on its culture, my client provides a transparent career structure providing continual learning and development to enable staff to progress within the business as it grows.
Description
The National Account Executive - Food will be responsible for:
- Supporting the NAM to deliver on sales, margin and distribution targets on the focus brands in the assigned accounts.
- Delivering on sales, margin and distribution targets for direct account base.
- Developing and nurturing strong working relationships with buyers and suppliers in order to maximise leverage for all our brands.
- Working with the Marketing Managers to ensure brand plans are applied in a consistent fashion to our key accounts.
- Supporting the NAM by providing accurate forecasts and effective communication with demand planning to deliver agreed forecasting targets
- Managing promotional activity under NAM by owning the planning, delivery and post evaluation of promotions, recommending any improvements to return on future promotional activity.
Profile
The National Account Executive - Food will;
- Ideally have some working knowledge of the food sector, though this is not a pre-requisite
- Have strong communication and negotiation skills
- Have strong numeracy and analytical skills with an eye for detail
- Degree educated (or equivalent)
- Analytical, being able to review data comprehensively and provide solutions
- Able to demonstrate brand awareness and knowledge of route to market
- High achieving, with a proven record of exceeding targets
- Able to display a demonstrated aptitude for problem-solving
- Results-orientated and able to work both independently and within a team environment
- Be living in or commutable to Brighton
Job Offer
The role provides great progression opportunities and a salary of up to £23,000 + additional benefits.
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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