INTERIM SENIOR NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER / COMMERCIAL MANAGER

1 Year Fixed Term. Starting September

Rapidly growing, innovation led, entrepreneurial food business. Market leader in its category. 

Location: Flexible. 

Salary: to £100k (1 Year Fixed Term or Day Rate) 

Our client is a rapidly growing food business run by successful entrepreneurs dedicated to bringing innovative food products to market. Their novel approach and disruptive technologies have ensured its healthy, tasty, fun and convenient product range has resonated with customers and consumers alike and they are on-course to double the size of the business. Their healthy food concepts are sold in ambient and chilled categories, and found across main aisle and food on the go solutions.

An opportunity has arisen join the team at this exciting time and play a key role in the next stage of their expansion as an Interim Senior National Account Manager / Commercial Manager on a 1 year fixed term contract starting in September. Reporting to an inspirational Managing Director, you will have a good mix of customers including Grocery, Discounters and Wholesale as well as specialist channels. The brief is blend of account management, converting a number of existing new business development leads and exploring new opportunities. With a strong NPD pipeline and a great commercial proposition, customer relationships are very positive. You will be given considerable autonomy and scope to develop and implement your business plan in this fast paced, non-bureaucratic, progressive, entrepreneurial company. 

You will be a talented, tenacious and ambitious Senior National Account Manager or Commercial Manager with a strong track record of success in account management across a range of channels. You will have national account management skills, business development expertise, passion, ambition and genuine sales flair. Given their success to date with sustained and growing high demand for their products this can only be a career enhancing opportunity. Location is home based and flexible. There will be a requirement to visit their South East based head office once a week so a broadly South East or Home Counties location would be ideal. There is also flexibility around hours and days per week for right candidate.

In the first instance please forward your full curriculum vitae and salary details in absolute confidence, to Martin Thayne