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National Account Manager - Grocery

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Buckinghamshire
Salary
£45000 - £46000 per annum
Closing date
14 Jul 2017

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

Job Details





If you're a talented National Account Manager who is keen to secure a role with more autonomy, working in a high calibre team within the health foods category then this may be the career for you.



Client Details



My client a global FMCG healthy snack company are recruiting for a Grocery National Account Manager to represent two of their most popular brands with some of the biggest grocery customers. They are a young British company, founded in 2006 and devoted to making delicious, genuinely healthy snacks and having some fun along the way too. Their products are sold across grocery, independents, convenience, food service, wholesale and via their own website with increasing success. The Head office is based in Buckinghamshire however most of the sales team are home based with a minimum of 1 day a week in the office.



Description



As a Grocery National Account Manager you will be responsible for:

  • Delivering the annual sales plan for the designated grocery accounts.
  • Creating, negotiating and implementing a profitable Join Business Plan.
  • Building strong customer relationships across multi channels including buying, supply chain, on line, formats, finance at all relevant levels.
  • Managing any promotional activity within grocery.
  • On-going management of the sales forecast for their accounts and updating internal systems.
  • Managing agreed Grocery account budget spend across all elements of the mix ie: promotions, fixed investment, on line, trade marketing spend






Profile



To help us achieve our growth plans we are looking for an enthusiastic, commercial, passionate, highly organised and talented individual to join our small but rapidly expanding team. You will be educated to degree level with strong grocery account and commercial management skills, excellent relationship building at all levels, with good communication skills and attention to detail and the ability to work well in a small team. You will have a strong hunter mentality to win new business and the tenacity to make it happen. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a dynamic and fun business at a time of significant growth.

  • Solid commercial background.
  • Experience working with Grocery customers (Top 5, Tesco, JS, Asda, Morison's, Co-Op).
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills with the ability to deal at all levels and present convincing commercial propositions
  • Experience in delivering Joint Business Plans, that deliver profitable growth for both the company and the customer and a long term strategic partner relationship.
  • Sound knowledge of category data, sources, cutting data, evaluating and putting forward a strong sales proposition.






Job Offer

Competitive Base Salary + Package

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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