National Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- Scotland, Glasgow
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 28 Jul 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts
Job Details
My client has a requirement for a National Account Manager to join their team based in the Central Belt of Scotland. This is an excellent opportunity for an outstanding candidate.
Client Details
My client is a Scottish based food manufacturing business who supply all of the major UK multiple retailers.
Description
To build sales and profit within Food service Coffee accounts to meet internal targets.
Manage internal process to deliver on sales and profit targets. This will require strong interaction with development, technical, supply chain, finance and operations.
Maintain customer relationship across all levels of the Key Accounts and any other Coffee accounts secured
Manage the virtual team to support the Customer's needs. Working closely with the relevant development chef.
You will be working in a fast paced environment, responsible for achieving a multi-million pound budget, with full P&L accountability.
Using your previous experience of food development, you will be working closely with our innovation team and our Food Service development chef to ensure we have the right products to retain a cutting edge in the sector.
Profile
The Successful Candidate will have the following skillset:
Must have worked in a customer facing account management role.
Food industry experience is a pre-requisite.
Experience in developing new customers and markets.
Ideally will have managed national accounts within Grocery or Foodservice.
Will have experience of NPD.
Job Offer
The Successful Candidate will recieve the following:
Basic Salary up to £50,000 DOE
Car Allowance
Bonus
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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